From many of the posts, it seems few of you, who are obviously not commanders of heavy transport aircraft, understand the legal authority (and responsibilities) of the pilot in command, and exercising those legal rights has nothing to do with ego, or the various pejorative suggestion emanating from those who simply have no idea.
No it sounds like a bunch of princesses who aren't capable of flying their aircraft anywhere near its capablilities and as a result are gaining a competitive advantage whilst I'm coming in from RIVET doing an extra 30 something track miles onto 16L becuase someone is to scared to land on it. Which in theory at Low Autobrakes and Max weight I can't legally plan to land on either!
If you want the longer runways because you think it's necessary that's fine you can hold for that 'requirement', just don't make it more inefficient than it already is for everybody else just because you can't find the touchdown zone.