Just for interests sake, here are the landing limits for the acft I fly:
A333: X-wind - 32kts Gusting 40kts
A343: X-wind - 27kts Gusting 33kts
A346: X-wind - 22kts Gusting 28kts (28 for TO)
Company limits restrict FOs to 15kts in all cases.*
Spike: great to hear you went around when you didnt like it; nothing worse than pushing a bad approach. FYI if the wind is outside limits we will not land......we'll divert. Flight safety and 'career safety' will always take priority.
**Of course we will shoot the approach and ask the tower for the wind on short final - we wont flag it away just 'cos the Met man with the crystal ball says so in the TAF.
Hope all this helps you.
Felix
Last edited by Felix Lighter; 2nd Feb 2004 at 09:40.