Dallas wrote in
:

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:57:26 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Boeing recommend slipping from
about 200 feet down

So Bertie, will this pilot, "Oliver A.", generally be seen in the
pilot community as having screwed up?

I don't think so. Not if the numbers were reasonable on approach. Many of
the accident reports I've read afterwards gave me a sick "that could have
happened to anyone, incuding me" type of feeling, which is what makes them
worth reading , of course.

Could he have prevented the wing strike by slamming the stick to the
right as he was kicking out of the crab?

I don't know. The FBW 'Busses are supposed to be able to sort those thngs
out themselves.

I also guessing Lufthansa's corporate line will be to call him a hero
rather than admit that their pilots don't know how to land an
airplane.

Well, I don't know that he did do anything wrong. My only point in posting
the link was to point out that the kick it straight school of landing an
airplane is an inferior way of landing an airplane whether it's done by
computer or a pilot. The 757 I fly is roughly a similar size and
configuration and slipping it onto the runway gives a demonstrated 40 knot
x-wind. I've flown in quite nearly that component and it's actually
relatively easy. There's enough control authority to keep it straight even
in that wind.

Bertie