I have always been told that you must crab in the big jets
I was also led to believe one such reason was if you use a wing down approach you might drag an wing mounted engine pod on the ground at the bottom.
Also that Airbus does not allow sideslips in its normal law flybywire software config anyway.
Somewhere in the back of my mind is the point that any side slipping permitted and the max level of it might be limited by some 'rear fuselage Va' limit consideration in these sorts of aircraft.
With a background in gliding and having no experience of flying such aircraft nor am likely to, so I do of course defer to those on this forum that have.
Last edited by dsc810; 8th Oct 2013 at 17:23.