....and the relevance of that to this thread is...?!
The point is that I as a member of the jury have taken the time to listen to the evidence presented.
Many aircraft were de-iced that night. Take off delays were about an hour. Thousands of gallons of de-cing fluid was used, and many thousands of dollars were spent.
Some evidence presented here stated that the weather conditions as reported did not pose a contamination problem.
The tapes say otherwise.
As to the wave.....
Would not any red blooded male wave to a fine young lady as they departed