Talked to a former simulator student of mine flying the A330 for an Asian operator. He was undergoing command training. Approaching Melbourne duty runway was 34 which is 10,000 ft plus, wind 340/25 knots and weather fine. They were initially told to expect VOR/DME approach which is aligned with 34.
The captain asked ATC for Melbourne 27 which has an ILS and length around 8000 ft. Crosswind was going to be 25 knots. They landed on 27. Reason being? They preferred to couple to the ILS and take the 25 knot crosswind rather than land into wind on the 10,000ft 34 runway which would have involved using PAPI for glide slope guidance since weather fine. The captain did not like flying a PAPI approach....