Algol: Your initial query was about transitting the eye of a typhoon at altitude. The ride can in fact be surprisingly smooth - by definition the eye is calm. I clearly recall one flight I did over the top of a typhoon where the radar return could have been in a text book yet the ride was smooth. In addition, in that part of the world the TAT below 20,000ft is in excess of +10C so icing is not a problem. All the typhoon issues are at low level with torrential rain bands and large wind shears - but that was not what you were enquiring about! As for your presumptions as to how CX crews are "ordered" to fly are fancifull and quite ludicrous.
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