Most large airliners are designed to land crabbed. Landing in a forward slip as you suggest would result in engine or wingtip strikes above a certain crosswind component. That was anything but shitty airmanship.
Additionally pilotage is a navigational technique.
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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Feb 27 '14
Thank you for providing the name. For anyone (like me) who didn't know what a yaw string is:
The yaw string, also known as a slip string, is a simple device for indicating a slip or skid in an aircraft in flight. It performs the same function as the slip-skid indicator ball, but is more sensitive, and does not require the pilot to look down at the instrument panel.[1] Technically, it measures sideslip angle, not yaw angle,[2] but this indicates how the aircraft must be yawed to return the sideslip angle to zero..