Originally Posted by
PW1830
Spent a long time on the 767 from intro on- nothing to do with us entirely. Probably something to do with the Minister of Aviation - Brereton I recall - forbidding the use of 07/25 that involved his electorate unless extreme circumstances. Saw some ugly scenarios with his policy.
Agreed. In the late '90s we were having to do stupid stuff like land on 07/25 with 20 knots crosswind and 5 knots tailwind. Or similar with 16L. Sometimes we even had to hold for the privilege of landing on the single, short, runway with tailwind, simply because the time of day specified which runway Config should be used.
AIPA put out a directive to not accept more than 15 knots crosswind when it was being applied for noise sharing. Note the important distinction there? We'd happily accept 20knots if it kept the flow moving. We wouldn't accept it simply because the time of day specified we had to when a more efficient into wind configuration was available.