Originally Posted by
White Hart
With regard to de-icing - does a requirement to remote hold; taxy time over 20 minutes to departure point; last minute departure delay (late CTOT change/MDI/weather) etc etc have any bearing on your decision to depart after having de-iced on the gate? Do Company SOPs require you to cancel the departure and return to the gate to de-ice once again?
Seen it happen many, many times.
I still don't understand why pilots insist on putting their a/c and occupants at risk after all these years.
If it's got anything more than a light frost on the upper surface GET IT DE-ICED!
It's a helluvalot cheaper than the alternative smoking hole.