Then I wouldn't recommend applying for a job on Canada's East Coast. The customer has people and platforms in a very harsh enviroment, they are willing to pay a great deal of money for the capability to fly when it's required. I don't know the stats but a non-deiced bird was not getting the job done. There are aircraft capable of flying in icing conditions when the demand calls for it. I didn't like the idea at first either, despite what I was told by everyone flying these things, but we eased into it and it has proved very capable. So to answer the original question, yes there are Western aircraft that will fly in icing conditions, there are limits of course.
Last edited by Bladestrike; 28th May 2008 at 21:07.