Landing with 20-30kts tailwind is just irresponsible and probably in violation of their operations manual. All large aircraft ops manuals I have seen have a maximum 10kt tailwind component.
I am sure the operators won’t thank you for landing under the said conditions but if you have an incident, I suspect you would be criminally negligent. Being “practical” won’t help you in a court of law.
A smart operator would have delayed his departure out of Singapore or adjusted his inflight cruise speed so as to arrive around the time the curfew is lifted and or hold if necessary until he could use a favorable runway, or even diverted if the procedure was beyond the scope of the operations limitations. This is common practice when operating into other countries that have strict curfews.
If the incident is true, as reported here, I see it as just another questionable decision degrading our profession in the eyes of law enforcement authorities and the public if they know what goes on ……. Sad indeed.
