Heavy jet isn’t built like a Cessna trainer. You can’t slip them in. You’ll drag the wing, or the pod, or both, depending on the model.
They all crab in, they try to straighten it with the rudder at the last instant, but sometimes they can’t, and sometimes they blow all the tires.
I guess that explains it, I’ve only flown SEL taildraggers and tri landing gear types. Side slip is so much easier and better than the crab. Seems if you are in the envelope for a crab you will be for the slip also if you end up performing a slip right at the point of flare anyway. Wait, I still don’t get it....
I have made worse landings than that. Why just last week I came in a little hot and landed three times.
Logged them all.
“They all crab in, they try to straighten it with the rudder at the last instant, but sometimes they can’t, and sometimes they blow all the tires.”
Agree. There has to be a point where the crosswinds are so severe, the pilot says “Nope, not going to do it. Wouldn’t be prudent”, and go land somewhere else. This video looked like one of those times.