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it really happened. the pilot in question and I discussed it for along time. Even quoting the book, "handling the big jets" by davies.
I honestly have addes substantially more than 20 knots to land through difficult conditions, but had a long runway .
I also went through a great deal of effort to include in our ops manual the idea of adding speed for takeoff. EG; if you are below max takeoff weight for a runway...bug up to max takeoff weight speeds and have a cushion on takeoff in semi windshear conditions