I followed the modern advice about ice bridging myself, pop the boots straight away. Changed my mind after a bad experience and now follow the old method again. So far so good.
I'm surprised that I've not read anything about the operator Colgan. Okay they've not had an accident since they lost that B1900 in 2002. That had the FAA crawling all over them. However the Q400 is a new machine for them and from what I gather needs a lot of TLC. I know several people who fly for Colgan and as of a few years back, none were complimentary about the way they maintained their aircraft.