Originally Posted by John Tullamarine
Decrab and just slightly banking into wind worked as a charm for me
I'm just a tad confused .. is not the above a sideslip ?
Sideslip it is but it's not sideslip that caters for all of the crosswind. I would only slightly dip the upwind wing down, max 3° out of 7° allowed per SOP, just as I'd squeeze out the drift with the rudder. Perhaps this technique prevented the upwind wing from lifting and maybe it was no more useful than Dumbo's magic feather. Anyway it gave me controllable, predictable and not too rough touchdowns in crosswind. No instructor or captain complained about it and I had no heart to check out if the wings-level would give the same results.