This isn't an IFR topic, but I figure there might be a heavy iron pilot
or two reading this. There's a thread on the FS group about landing
747/777 class airplanes. I've read that they typically kick out the
crab right before touchdown much as some lighter airplane pilots do.
Slips are out because of the risk of dragging an engine. However, a
number of folks there claim that the airliners are simply landed with
the crab angle held during the approach.

I know that the B-52 has gear designed to align for a crab landing and I
think one or two models of the 747 may have this as well, but everything
I've read always said that standard procedure with airliners was to
remove the crab before touchdown. And this is certainly what has been
done on almost all airline flights I've made.

Any '47 or '77 or similar pilots here who can comment on the generally
accepted technique for crosswing landings in the heavy machines?

I searched around this evening and found a number of sources that
claimed both methods are the "right" method, but no source that I'd
consider authoritative.

Matt