Originally Posted by
shdw
Procedures are nothing more than recommendations that work for the majority of situations, they are by no means limitations or a "be all end all" source of information for aircraft operation.
Would you say that in an airline interview?
FWIW-A lot of Procedures have been written in blood. A blanket dismissal of all Procedures as "recommendations" is reckless.
And with regard to this specific topic, I'm no Steve Canyon, but I have managed to land a 737 in some pretty stiff crosswinds (just legal for the steady state and with a significant gust component to boot). Normal crab with a transition to wing low during roundout did all I needed it to. And oh yeah, those auto-brakes are a wonderful thing while doing the rudder pedal dance to stay on centerline. If I had needed anything else (as in differential thrust), then maybe as KC10 says, we just didn't need to be landing there.