MD80 LNDG MCI DESCRIBED OPPOSITE DIR LNDG EVENT QUESTIONING ATC'S ACTIONS AND SPACING JUDGEMENT.

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MCI ATIS Z ARRS EXPECT VISUAL APCH RWYS 1R; 1L SIMULTANEOUS APCHS IN USE; ETC. WE BRIEFED FOR RWY 1R AND WAS VECTORED BY APCH FOR RWY 1R. WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL FOR RWY 1R AND TOLD TO CONTACT TWR. MEANWHILE ACFT Y WAS BEING VECTORED BY APCH AS WELL. APCH TOLD ACFT Y TO EXPECT TO LAND N; HE OBJECTED TO THIS AND ASK TO LAND S. APCH AT FIRST TOLD ACFT Y HE HAD TO LAND N. ACFT Y PERSISTED ON A S LNDG CLRNC. APCH SAID HE WOULD TRY AND WORK IT OUT. AND THEN SAID HE THOUGHT HE COULD GET HIM IN ON RWY 19R. AS WE CONTACTED TWR; FO SAYS TO ME I THINK ACFT Y HAS LINED UP ON THE WRONG RWY; I THINK HE IS COMING AT US. WE CHKED IN WITH TWR AND TWR TOLD US TO SLOW TO APCH SPD NOW. AT THIS POINT WE COULD NOT TELL IF THIS WAS AN ILLUSION OR IF ACFT Y WAS LNDG ON OUR RWY. IT WAS NO ILLUSION; TWR THEN CLRED ACFT Y TO LAND ON RWY 19L TOLD US TO LAND ON RWY 1L. WE DID. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS TWR'S; APCH'S OR ACFT Y'S FAULT OR A COMBINATION OF THE 3; BUT IT REALLY LIMITED OUR OPTIONS AND MARGIN FOR SAFETY; ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT; AS WE CONTACTED TWR.