gblen
23rd Dec 2007, 12:02
Anyone had odd issues with de icing in Amsterdam??
Was there the other night and we had a fair bit of fan blade icing due to freezing fog and it being -5 on the ground. We waited a good 2 hours on the ground for de icing of the fan blades by KLM-our handlers there. They used to have hot air blowers for this job but they wouldnt giveus any! various different reasons from different handlers-but we werent gettin our hands on one. So a deicing rig pulled up on stand and was all set to blow a 50/50 mix of hot water and type 1 fluid into the engines to clear the ice. supposedly this is normal procedure on some KLM fleets but not for us on a 320-causes havok with bleed sensors and is a definite no no according to our engineers on the phone.
They initially wanted to de ice the blades using brushes, which they did. Upon inspection there was still loads of ice and a serious no go!
So the madness continued. Eventually "snowman" as he called himself...a mad dutch man....used a cloth with anti icing fluid to rub each blade down and polish it off with a dry cloth. took a fair while and the guys hands had to be like ice blocks but it was the only way we could get out!worked a treat-spotless blades.
But its not over yet....the snowdesk told us they were closing in 20mins and no more de icing would be available!an overnight was a serious possibility for the 3rd time that day...day from hell! I ran out of hours but luckily had spare crew on board! disaster. anyone had these issues???
Was there the other night and we had a fair bit of fan blade icing due to freezing fog and it being -5 on the ground. We waited a good 2 hours on the ground for de icing of the fan blades by KLM-our handlers there. They used to have hot air blowers for this job but they wouldnt giveus any! various different reasons from different handlers-but we werent gettin our hands on one. So a deicing rig pulled up on stand and was all set to blow a 50/50 mix of hot water and type 1 fluid into the engines to clear the ice. supposedly this is normal procedure on some KLM fleets but not for us on a 320-causes havok with bleed sensors and is a definite no no according to our engineers on the phone.
They initially wanted to de ice the blades using brushes, which they did. Upon inspection there was still loads of ice and a serious no go!
So the madness continued. Eventually "snowman" as he called himself...a mad dutch man....used a cloth with anti icing fluid to rub each blade down and polish it off with a dry cloth. took a fair while and the guys hands had to be like ice blocks but it was the only way we could get out!worked a treat-spotless blades.
But its not over yet....the snowdesk told us they were closing in 20mins and no more de icing would be available!an overnight was a serious possibility for the 3rd time that day...day from hell! I ran out of hours but luckily had spare crew on board! disaster. anyone had these issues???