Good lord you guys. I post that pilots should be able to fly their A/C up to the crosswind limit published (Heaven forbid they are able to hand fly their aircraft. GASP!) and I get accused of armchair quarterbacking? I don't think thats an unreasonable expectation. If the conditions were above their skill level then they shouldn't have been attempting to land.
I have flown into many many airports that are nasty for windshear (some very mountainous airports with winds from all directions and W/S that is felt right to the flare.) so I do have experience with these types of conditions.