Easy flights cancelled for tomorrow for Gatwick up til 10.00. Is this because they refuse to pay for de-icing?
Are you for real?
As Jamie2k9 has said, it takes time to de-ice 30 aircraft, not to mention its more than quick spray of fluid, to brush off your talking 20 minutes (which is hard work), followed by a quick spray before depature which will take 10 minutes roughly depending if there was more snow.. Even if they do say blast it off with de-icing fluid, your talking 20 minutes and probably close to 1000ltrs of fluid.. add in the time for re-filling a de-icing rig and its chaos.. especially when theres a limited supply of de-icing rigs.. most rigs hold between 2000-4500ltrs of fluid, so anywhere between 2-4 aircraft per re-fill, not to mention the reheat time and refueling of diesel....