Crosswind landings in a 747 or similar heavy jet. The inertia of these types must cause a handling problem to pilots learning to handle crosswind landings.
Assuming the flare manoeuvre to touch-down is 3-5 seconds it means you have less than that time to "kick-off" drift (I know that is a wrong term but you know what I am getting at presumably) to ensure the aircraft touches down aligned with the runway centre-line - ie nil drift angle. With such a large mass is it normal therefore to keep the thrust up for as long as it takes for the nose to swing around in alignment, and then close the thrust levers after touch-down?
The crosswind landing technique is probably the same on a 747 or similar wide body as a B737 right down to a Cessna 172. Of course the inertia of the 172 makes it easy to align with the runway with a touch of rudder during the flare. But I guess it takes several seconds to align a 747 with the centre line assuming sat max crosswind angle. I have not flown a 747 which is why I am curious as to the time in seconds needed to complete the alignment procedure to nil drift.