DEICE05
Excellent post.
How you handled it, obviously, will raise debate. Debate is a good thing.
But the greater issue is safety.
I had friends on the Air Ontario F28 out of Dryden. I think you'd find similar concerns among them regarding icing and deicing.
But the reality in aviation right now is the rate at which the airlines are expanding and the rate at which 'experience' is descending.
We (the industry) are going to pay for it unfortunately. And that usually means "payment in blood".
Let's hope your message is responsibly and professionally received.
I often wonder (whilst seated as a PAX) why professional pilots don't make their presence know to the crew when boarding a flight? Is it an ego thing?
I hope not. But it never hurts for the cabin crew at least, to know you have a qualified able bodied person on board in case of an emergency, or urgency. We all speak the same lingo.
