What about gusts? Limitations are normally based on steady wind. The FMC if it is truly accurate (which not everyone accepts) may be within limits at 50 feet and out of limits after touchdown in gusty conditions, or the other way around. I am with BOAC that experience and common sense are key here.
If a crew went around on a 4000 metre runway because the FMC briefly showed 11 knots when the tower was reporting 9 I think the company (and most of us here) might reasonably ask what they were thinking.
However I still subscribe firmly to the view that one go-around too many is better than one too few.
Last edited by lederhosen; 20th Jun 2013 at 06:18.