Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
May I suggest that if a pilot is carrying 50 knots extra down final because he expects to lose it all in a windshear, he is an idiot! And what's more, since he got in, he unwittingly "encouraged" the 727 crew to try the same...
Be good to know a bit more of the back ground to it before judging. There is likely a buffer added to the expected shear number. And likely runway to spare.
Buffers are good - I've done a hill top landing in a fixed wing where the aircraft has gone from 'top of the white' (max flap) on final, to a full stall landed in under two seconds. A big surprise after over 10 years of operations to the strip, though the wind were just right on the day to give a perfect little high intensity roll wave at the threashold to catch me.