hollingworthp said:
Textbook example of pressonitis and inflated opinion of ones own limitations let alone that of the aircraft.
Bit like candidates pressing on with progress tests when there are dust storms and Cb's all over the valley, eh hp.
The discussion about landing in gusting crosswinds (the Piper published figure of 17kts is a maximum demonstrated figure (by a manufacturers test pilot) not a limitation, although you might use it as a guide) is interesting when you consider that the extremely high incidence of landing incidents and accidents at Goodyear might suggest that student pilots there demonstrated particularly poor crosswind technique -indeed, the crosswind limitation of 10kts that clanger32
lobbied for that to be removed (which it was)
was introduced in an urgent attempt to reduce the number of runway excursions by solo students. The sheer arrogance of the statements made here by some of the posters purporting to be former OAA students only serves to testify why integrated training and OAA itself has the somewhat stuck-up reputation that it does; if you feel that a crosswind limit determined by your instructor only applies to takeoff or is 'lunacy' proves the point - you were a student and should not have been in a position to make the call for yourself. How would a blatant disregard for SOP's be treated in your current operation? No tea, no biscuits with the fleet manager at best I'd like to think - unless of course you 'got away with it this time'. There was another runway runoff only as recently as this week I understand so clearly it's still happening.
Curious - didn't the last CFI at 'TK drive a golf?
