Okay, I was all to agree that this guy was a prat, but then I asked my husband what a pilot is supposed to do in that situation (he's an air traffic controller). *Apparently* this is a common procedure, called "crabbing", and is what you *do* if you're landing in a crosswind situation. The pilot angles the nose in, and presumes that when he gets down to 100 feet or so, that the strength of the crosswind will let up, and he'll land just peachily. When I had my honey look at the video, he was all cheering the guy on, until he dipped the wing...then he was a bit "WHOA!". Anyhow, I know that at most major airports there are runways that go in different directions, so I would have thought that he'd have just gone around to a runway that offered an easier landing. According to my honey, it's often a "fuel" issue...they just want to land, as expeditiously as possible.

At any rate, that's pretty scary stuff. Makes you a tad more understanding when they say "weather delay" at Chicago's O'Hare or something <lol>.