GalaxyFlyer - "In this day and age of FMS/IRS wind readouts, doesn't anyone check and "call-out" winds on final? Maybe an USAF habit, but I always call out the wind component during final and over the lights on short final. This goes a long ways to awareness of wind and its effects."
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Personal technique - I pull up the wind page, gives headwind and crosswind values, on all approaches. Compare tower reported winds vs. FMC winds vs. outside visual clues, to include windsock if visible.