CRJ at an American regional. The particular procedures for your plane/airline can not substantiate your absolute statements that "no one" lands at idle in that situation, or that even on a normal approach you don't pull to idle until 20 feet.
Edmundronald actually has demonstrated a very good grasp of the problem/situation, which is that the spool up lag of a jet creates a vulnerable time gap between setting idle power and touching down, during which you cannot climb and might very well be committed to touching down even after a go-around decision has been made, and power applied. That somebody's procedures for a gusty crosswind would call for a later pull to idle so as to shrink this time gap and mitigate the problem, is a confirmation of his reasoning and not a refutation.
But what I see is not reasoned responses to his posts, but instead people looking to make the most obtuse, willful misinterpretations of them, so as to conjure up justification to jump down his throat for having the temerity to post where only the vaunted professionals are allowed.
Last edited by Vessbot; 4th Nov 2017 at 23:06.