Originally Posted by
Packer Backer
And what if the ATIS varied from what the tower was calling for winds? They may not have known about the excessive crosswind till on tower freq and they heard the wind reports issued from to the tower to preceding aircraft.
Okay, so... then you go around and let ATC know you can't accept the runway. No biggie- I've done it before at several airports.
I'll toss it back at you and ask what would the crew have done if all the way down the approach the winds were within limits and then on short final they got a windshear alert or tower announced winds 310/25g35?
It all goes back to my original point of if you aren't considering valid options at every point along the way and taking appropriate corrections, you're painting yourself into a corner from which you may not be able to recover.