ocean crosser
well thank you.
my views were based on this. if the winds were within airline limits for NWA and BOEING when the approach was started (boeing limits probably higher) there would be a good chance that it was within limits crossing threshold. And if properly done would not have resulted in anything less than a successful landing.
While there may have been something extreme going on (which is why I still ask the exact date and time of landing), my feeling is : if you have it on autopilot for most of the flight, your "feel" of the plane is out of whack when you click off the autopilot and over control is possible.
well, the go around looked great and that is the mark of good pilot, knowing when and how to get the heck outta there.
j