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Old 02-12-2012 | 01:08 PM
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The real question is why we as Captains let ATC mandate we operate our aircraft to sometimes the limit to allow them to have a few more arrivals or easier taxi flow. Denver is real bad about this runways into the wind but landing at max crosswind conditions on the other runways for flow. If something happens the FAA is going to ask why did you accept the runway with the 32 kt crosswind when the east/west rwy was more aligned with the wind? ATC will say they should of asked for it we would of given it to them. I for one am not going to fly my aircraft to its operational limits when there is a perfectly good runway aligned with the wind. I will do it if I have to such as only one runway but why would you just to help out ATC?
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