And also, just out of interest how many accidents do you think happen where the crew have stated "ooh, these conditions are a bit ****, they're well out of my comfort zone. Still, let's carry on". My point about airmanship isn't that you got away with it, it's that with a Xwind approaching or exceeding twice max demonstrated you shouldn't even have tried. Your default position should have been "go elsewhere" not "Give it a whirl".
No-one ever thinks it's above their capability level until such time as lady luck leaves the room and - if you're lucky - you're left picking bits of twig out of your air intakes and maybe looking at a collapsed gear strut. If you're unlucky, you find yourself on a cloud somewhere looking down at a smoking hole thinking "....But I COULD handle it....."