Never said my technique wasn't smart, in fact, I feel it was the only way to accomplish the landing in those conditions with that aircraft. I know it was pushing the limits, which could arguably be considered not smart pending on what side of the fence you were on. My side says, try it once, see if it's managable, and get the job done, if not, go-around and get the next best thing. In my 2000hrs of freight flying, I only had to divert once due to the RVR dipping just below mins(that was one of those days at 3000' you could see the tops of the towers, but not the ground)

As far as the Pax flying statement, I never used the word "Dangerous," I said "not smart." I come from the small side of aviation where we have a choice of schedule and destination. I understand fully that where you guys are going, you're going, and it's part of the job. I'm ever so conscious when training our customers and they bring someone along to show them the airplane(usually a spouse), and the weather gets a little rough etc... Hopefully that reflects where my side of the coin is being viewed from.

Curiosity peaks, what aircraft have a demonstrated/certifed Crosswind component of greater than 30kts? I seem to remember in the 727 sim while at college(guess you know where I went) that it was around 25, but honestly I forget.

Definately agree on smoother landings, many stiff legged airframes out there do much nicer jobs with a slight one-leg-down-first action