Multi-million dollar simulators yet max crosswind practice is avoided.
Discussed B737 crosswind landing technique during recurrent training in the simulator. The first officer who had recently completed type rating training stated his simulator training was limited to a 15 knot crosswind because the airline he was going to had a limit of 15 knots for first officers.
Seems a bit offside to certify a copilot to be second in command of a big jet and not train him to land at the max crosswind limit before signing him out with a type rating. Isn't that what simulators are for?
Following that through, it was revealed that in a disturbing number of cases simulator recurrent training and type rating syllabus rarely include max cross wind limit training. And that includes for captains. Why is simulator training so dumbed down that it becomes common for low hour pilots to be inducted into an airline yet never be trained in the simulator how to operate in a max crosswind situation?