How to tell everyone that you aren't really a pilot, no matter what you claim.
London in February and March. Screaming southerlies.
None of them stood out as being all that bad (perhaps the SQ freighter was a bit solid, but their pax wouldn't care). Given the conditions, they were all pretty stable...totally unlike the video that started this conversation. All nose gear was safe too. Some were particularly tidy. Curious about the EK 380 that went around with the gear down. Might have been a bit more to that story.
My only diversion away from London was on a morning like this, but it was raining heavily as well, which reduced the crosswind limit to 25 knots. We took the -400 over to Amsterdam. When we came back the wind was even stronger, but not wet any more, which gave us back the full 38 knots.
Watch the rudder activity and yawing on the 380s. Lower rudder is the FBW countering sideslip. The yawing is initially disconcerting, but once you get used to it, the effect is quite helpful.
