ALC last night , RWay in use 10 , surface wind not avail on ATIS ,5000ft wind 310/47 , 3000ft wind 300/28 , 1000ft wind 280/25. Tower report surface wind as "calm".
I had briefed and flown accordingly, meanwhile there is an Iberia on the arc behind us asking our a/c type speed etc(i think , my spanish is limited) and closing very fast accordingy to our TCAS .at touch down , our aircraft showed the surface wind as 280/15 k.
Allowing for a margin of error of say 30 % , which is pretty unlikely in the aircraft kit , even with that there is no way that the wind was "calm"
Its exactly this sort of thing that is repeated every day that concerns pilots about Spanish ATC.
The only moment of relief in the entire evening was watching the antics of a Spanair MD80 who flew one of those tightly curved spanish visual's only to roll out at 500 and discover the "spanish calm" ,interesting go-around.
Last edited by Nil further; 30th May 2007 at 10:10.