Originally Posted by
lowcostdolly
It's unsafe for us to take off when we are not effectively de iced....nobody would argue with that I'm sure so EZY can effectively blame the weather
LCD :
I guess that the users here are up to speed with this situation. But the EC "weather" get out is aimed at weather actually stopping the operation, like crosswinds out of limits. It is however quite possible to operate in freezing conditions by de-icing. If you (or your agents) haven't got enough de-icers that is a matter of operations organisation, not the weather.
THe same is true when Heathrow goes on LVPs and BA cancel much of their domestic programme. This is not "because of fog", as they claim. It is because there is a reduced number of departures, and BA have taken a commercial decision to run every long haul and European flight, and to dump the domestics. There is nothing inherent in the domestic aircraft which means they cannot operate while their equivalents on other flights are dispatched OK.