Landing A Boeing 767 In A Tailwind

Today was a little bit of a challenge going into Chicago O'Hare airport. The wind was out of the NW at 15 knots gusting to 25 knots. For some unexplained reason they changed runway configurations to land to the East on runways 10 and 4R (I think the forcast had the wind continuing to shift around to the East). This gave us a tail wind right up against the limit of ten knots. We had to watch the gust component so as to not exceed that limit. The approach to runway 10 was uneventful until we were passing through 500 feet. There was a shear in the wind and we had an airspeed increase of ten knots followed immediately by a loss of ten knots. I adjusted the power and slipped slightly under the glidepath in anticipation of touchdown with a higher than normal ground speed. The tailwind was less of a factor than the crosswind as I pulled into the flare just before touchdown. As I slowed the rate of descent with back pressure on the yoke, a large input on the right rudder was required to pull the nose around to align with the runway and remove the crab. Nice touchdown. Whew, had to work for that one. But that is just one of the reasons this job is so rewarding-the challenge. Every flight has something to make it different, something new in store...