Jet pilots - a "wind" question if I may......
A question for all you jet types out there. As you may or may not know, wind information on the ATIS is surface wind. Sometimes jet pilots let us know that at ......feet the wind was .......(tail). Now, what is your preference? Would you rather a headwind all the way to 500ft and then 10 knots tailwind for the landing or would you rather it the other way round?
The reason I ask is that I heard of an incident where an aircraft landed long and fast with a 5kt tail wind ("yeah, we'll accept that tail wind") and then tried to blame ATC for the subsequent nosewheel in the over run as "there was 20kts of tailwind at 1000ft". Why the pilot didn't elect to go around is anyones guess. What I am getting at is the question of what is more important to pilots: the surface wind or the wind on final? Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks,
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