Originally Posted by
mainlineAF
People done add speed for gusts bc they’re “scared”. It’s company policy at many places. Half the headwind component plus total gust factor is added on to vref with a min of +5 and a max of +20.
I’m not saying don’t add it. I’m saying don’t add it and then fail to compensate for it when necessary. Crossing the threshold at +20 and floating 3000ft down the runway trying to grease it is unacceptable, yet people do it all the time. Energy is energy, it’s not going to go away when you added it but there’s no gust to take it away. Either put it (the energy) in the pavement or go around.
At my shop the verbiage was removed because of exactly that issue. We now have a minimum of 5, maximum of 15 knots above Vref based on surface conditions.
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