In winter You cant run up on skis PERIOD.
Hmmm. Odd. I always do a run-up on skis. Much as I do when flying on floats.
So you just hop in the plane and take off first flight of the day with no run-up?
That aside, I think you've nailed down the prize for non-sequitur of the decade.
Oh, and FWIW, the only baggage carts I know of being blown thru windows at Anchorage were when the Asiana whale tried to mate with the Ilyushin. While it's true that the Asian Captain *claimed* the throttles were at idle, the CVR revealed that the throttles were pushed up far enough to get a takeoff configuration warning. Not sure how far that is in a 747, but I'm pretty sure it's a ways from idle.