Flyit,
i agree with the majority of your comments, but this is not hysteria!!
trying to land a 60 tonne aircraft on an ice rink, with no hope in hell of stopping, thats when things get nasty.
At the end of the day, its the flight crews licence and job on the line
and peoples safety, so I would have to respectively disagree with your assertion that this is hysteria.
1.6V, your tone is noted; this is a debate about the current situation facing pilots landing in UK during Winter Operations ; Remember any of us can have a fright with the impending cold weather, landing on ice could happen to YOU and I trust after you experience such a slide, you wouldn't be so condescending in the future.