Speaking in general, since the details of this accident are not out yet, the issue of landing distance does impact piloting techniques. The use of reverse, for example, while normally an excellent idea on contaminated runways might not in fact be the best tool to use when the runway is long and the crosswind high. Likewise with braking effort.

On the other hand I know of a case where the airplane went off the end of a 12,000' runway when the crew focused solely on controllability concerns. On the centerline, so give them that.

I live in my little corner of the industry, but my sense is that these kinds of tradeoffs and planning have fallen by the wayside in our modern world of numbers focused landing assessments. We seem to treating winter operations like a bunch of MBAs -- all about the numbers, and if it can not be measured then it does not matter.

Going off the end is bad. Going off the side is bad. What reduces the risk of one will increase the risk of the other. Are there any training programs out there anymore that cover this reality?