Originally Posted by
SamYeager
It's worth pointing out US commercial aviation did not suddenly burst into being as is now the case but it evolved. Let's face it surely any "halfwit" would know better than to get near to the plane in front to try to melt the snow on the wings right?
Well since the FO in the incident to which you refer was a military jet fighter pilot as reported in NTSB AAR 82-8, I'm going to have to redefine my understanding of the term "half wit"
20/20 hindsight is not something pilots find particularly useful on the day