Originally Posted by
JammedStab
3. I suppose only in the unlikely case that one meant to get a de-ice and somehow forgot to do so. In the tens of millions of flights that have occurred(or is it hundreds),
Exactly. If they didn't deem de-icing necessary in the first place using normal speeds seems only consequential...
These guys didn't seem to have worried much about the possible existance (not a single word about it - OK they activated the boots but that might have been Routine for them) of ice and its effect on the aircraft.
Given the history of ice sensitivity of TPs in general and especially ATRs one has to wonder a bit why it didn't dawn on them that something bad could happen.