On Mar 10, 4:34*pm, Jim Carter wrote:
Watching the videos of the heavies crabbing to a landing in high cross winds
prompts me to ask: why don't they use asymmetrical thrust instead of
kicking it straight in the flare?

Even in a single, why don't we see more forward slips to a landing instead
of crab, kick, and pray?

Have these techniques gone the way of the steam gauges?

Slipping has been used for crosswind technique long before crab&kick.
The crab&kick was only made possible by the invention of the
nosewheel.

-Robert