Old China,
You could be right, read the thread about continued ops at EDI on New Years Eve when the winds were gusting 55-85KT, and in the event of an emergency the slides would have been horizontal down the side of the aircraft. In one case the wind was too strong to open the cargo doors, but the aircraft still departed outbound pax to LHR, with inbound pax bags still in hold, and outbound pax bags left in EDI
It is rumoured that recently an LHR inbound short haul, flew right through the storm which was busy creating the tornado that knocked the roofs off of a whole street.
With the multiple back up systems and fantastically strong designs of Mr Boeing and Mr Airbus, and all of the automation available together with first class training of crews, flying on modern fleets with reputable airlines appears to be almost workable in those conditions.
However on the outside of the herd are less reputable operators, with less cash, lower standards for crews and very old equipment, where the cockpits have a similar level of backup and automation as the light twin that I fly (not very much). I think that as worse weather has crept up on us, it may now be beggining to pick off those whose safety margins are already significantly eroded.
Perhaps you are right and there needs to be a review, before the conditions start to bite the main part of the herd.