Opinions, clarification?
I'm not a pilot. Working in Airport maintenance and observed while removing snow, aircraft taxiing for T/O with snow on the fuselage. Never in my 39 years at the airport seen this. Every other aircraft de-iced completely this day. Spoke to the de-ice crew a couple of days after and asked them. Happened to be the same crew that de-iced this very aircraft. They asked the cockpit crew twice if they were sure that they didn't want the snow removed from the fuselage. Negative, wings and stabilizer only. They were suprised as well but, pilots decision. If it isn't necessary, airlines could save a lot of money and would benefit the environment.
