Originally Posted by
CDRW
Totempole - are you saying that the Alteon instructors should have been teaching that awful crosswind method known as wing down?? Been on the 767 for 10 years, the 777 for nigh on 8 and have only ever used the decrab method, and have never had what you described. This method is FAR better than the wing down crosscontrolled method.
Was trained on the 727-200 to use the wing down method. Works fine much of the time. The book says to lower the wing into the wind at 300 feet. I add some power at the same time as you will lose some speed.
Our ops manual for the aircraft has a table which I assume comes from Boeing that lists Max crosswind for no crab. It is 24 knots at max landing weight of 164,000lbs. 20 knots at 120,000 lbs.