Originally Posted by
captscott26
It's also the only airplane I have ever flown that you run out of aileron way before you run out of rudder in a strong x-wind. Its pretty interesting the first few crosswind landings, but you get the hang of it. Since you are dealing with flight control laws, the aircraft will not allow a sideslip above 50 ft RA. Below 50 ft the computers essentially give the pilot "normal" control, or what you would be used to in any other aircraft. So basically, kick it and stick it!
I was landing in Boston last week on Runway 27. A jetBlue was in front of us. We had extremely high wind gusts and crosswinds. The jetBlue had to go around. At the time we thought perhaps they weren't worthy pilots. But, after seeing what you just posted about the Airbus, I'm glad they did go around if it got ugly on them.
-Fatty