to AirRabbit
thats good news. one aviator less to be concerned about. :-)
I have to say that i havent met too many operators/airlines you have to convince, that the clean wing concept is the only way to do it. Its quite the opposite. In the SOPs its clearly written, that the aircraft must be operated with a clean wing only. No manufacturer or legislator would accept any deviation from this.
Its us, the pilots who deviate from the SOPs and finally cause the accidents. We as pilots have to take care that every one of us understands the importance of the clean wing concept.
Here comes the tricky part. As soon as some pilot starts to fool around and takes a chance not to de-ice or communicates to other pilots why it is not necessary to de-ice, the seed for the next accident is laid.
The foolish comments like:"dry snow will be blown away" or "the snow is not "adhering" to the surface", are perfect examples of how the cancer of misinformation is passed on. That particular flight may get away with it, but somebody will take an example of it and he might not be as lucky.
Thats why we, as the last line of defence, have to show zero tolerance to any deviation of the SOPs. If not us, then who?
This by the way. this applies pretty much to all other SOPs too. Its the collective behaviour of a group of pilots within a company, which makes the safety culture. Deviation may work well once for a pilot with superior skills or just plain stupid luck, but for a group of pilots it will be deteriorating the level of safety.
Flying is expensive, delays and de-icing cost money. Try an accident, that is even more expensive.