David Cartwright wrote:
"Newps" wrote in message
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Baloney. If you get a chance go to any big airport on a day with light
winds. Most of these airports have preferred runways, landing in a
particular direction is preferred by the controllers for any number of
reasons. If the wind shifts to make that runway a tailwind, but it's only
5 knots or so, you will land with a tailwind or you will go somewhere
else. Same as my previous example about the crosswind.


Frankly, if a controller tells me I'm to land with a tailwind, he can get
stuffed.

That's fine. You land with the flow or you don't land. Your inability
to handle a 5 knot tailwind is not my problem.


Aside from the "hey, that fence is rushing at me quite quickly"
factor,

If a 5 knot tailwind does that to you, you are way too fast on final.


you also have the issue of the extra strain it's putting on the
tyres/landing gear because the ground speed is so much higher.

Yep, 5 knots. A real tire buster.