Originally Posted by
rarelyathome
Well it does in some places. For example, our ops manual gives the max demonstrated in the POH as a max crosswind (and please don't start a discussion about max demonstrated v crosswind limit as I'm sure we are all clear). If the crosswind is outside the POH figure, then our procedure is to divert to somewhere where there is a more into wind runway. So it really is necessary to be able to calculate the crosswind both when joining and when on final.
As for continue until the crosswind exceeds your or your aircraft's capabilities, that's a recipe for disaster. It's a bit late to discover your assessment of either's abilities was a bit optimistic as the undercarriage collapses due to a sideways load.
You missed the point. You calculate that, on final? That was the key point in my post, on final you don't mess with anything apart from keeping the plane pointing the right direction. If you can't, you go around, it doesn't matter what numbers you came up with earlier.