Does anyone like the 737NG wing?
I was chatting to a 737NG driver the other day and was very surprised when he appeared to come out with the phrase "Boeing say that the NG wing is the worst they have ever designed". I didn't have time to explore that very far with him, but I was taken aback.
I should say that I had provoked the statement by commenting that I thought I'd read that the NG wing was designed to be less problematic with regard to icing i.e. less of a need for de-icing / anti-icing on turnaround. He did back up his statement by mentioning the tendency for the fuel to become severely cold soaked on two hour hauls at altitude which then caused problems later.
I came away a bit perplexed by what I had heard.
Is there a clear consensus one way or the other about this wing?
Obviously the slats problem is one bad thing, but is icing an issue too?