flyboyike wrote:
I'm JFK-based and have been for the past three years, and I can tell you I've never had that approach assigned under any conditions other than severe clear.
23 years of flying into JFK says different, they used with crosswind well into the twenties (usually 13L with a gusting southerly wind, havedone 13R a few times as well) and I have repeatedly flown it in low ceilings and (somewhat) limited visibility. Oh, and the controller seems all surprises when advised so.
And the manuvering is probably a little different in a CRJ compared to a heavy...