wing design
I haven't seen much discussion above about low-level aerodynamics issues - like how does wing design on Airbus affect the problems that might be encountered? I know the wing design must be very different in practice to that of Boeing - you can see this if you watch a lot of comparable landings, say a 777 vs. an A330, and the Boeing is much more stable during windy approaches, seems in all cases to land and roll. The Airbus has a definite tendency to loft down the runway. Something in their wing design favors low speed flight. So what does this say about flight when getting near the "corner"? I know these Airbuses are quite happy at 37,000 feet, but do perhaps these wings have a less forgiving performance envelope at cruise altitudes? I'm just curious, I know nothing really about commercial wing design.