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Originally Posted by widebody911 View Post
He forgot the "left aileron" (left roll input) part of "right rudder, left aileron" when making an x-wind landing (wind from the left). He gets the rudder in but with no roll into the wind the jet drifts right. Yes, you need to be cognizant of dragging an engine or wingtip but a roll input would have helped. At least he tried though. I've seen guys drive it on all crossed-up with no effort to compensate for the wind. I call that "being lazy."

(Full disclosure: 15,000 hours in 2 and 4-engined turbojet transports plus military multi-engine instructor.)
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