Originally Posted by
MikeHatter732
Well well well....look at that. A 30 knot westerly in Sydney today and planes are still safely landing on the parallels (thanks to 07/25 being closed for works).
Just to prove how stupid the 20kt XW rule in MATS is which is the reason the airport grinds to a halt when 25 is available in these conditions.
I don’t know if it’s true or not but I was told that the airlines and the pilots’ union was approached about increasing the crosswind and tail wind limits and they declined.