crosswinds = LBA, BHX, AMS (often) etc.
night approaches to black hole aerodromes,= Corfu (Southerly) Thessaloniki, Kos, etc.
short runways & circling approaches= Calvi, Corfu, Samos, Kos (southerly), CIA, etc.
combined give confidence in any manual handling required in an airline environment.
Now if I could only get my employer to directly sponsor it.
In my past life it was called line flying everyday.