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Last time I was on a 757 we came into Chicago and there was snow and ice everywhere. The aircraft on short finals was rolling at least by about plus or minus forty degrees. Snow flurrys everywhere.
We hit the runway sideways which had snow and ice and the pilot kicked in the rudder just by the correct amount so the landing was almost perfect given the conditions. He is not a hero just doing his job!
I had a yarn to him after the event and he said 'this is nothing, we have to deal with far worse '.
He had a simple job to do. Just land a plane.
Keeping winging voters on side is almost impossible especially when you are not in control as pilots are.
It is easy to be superb when you only take responsibility for a very small subset of human endeavour!
Bert
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