Safe typee, I also definitely do not condone the whole "legal,so must be safe" philosophy, not by a long shot...was just pointing out that a big part as to why they were accepted into ASAP was b/c they did not intentionally do anything illegal (until they landed outside of the t/d zone, anyway.) the procedures back in 2009 was that the 737 could legally accept up to a 15kt tailwind on a wet runway and still get stopped. now, of course that implies flaps 40 and Max auto brakes with no float and a firm touch down, but you see where I'm going with this: the bad decision making was but one of the "holes" that lined up on them that night...another was the fact that they were, technically, legal (although definitely not on the conservative safe side.)