Originally Posted by
ncflyer704
"no de-ice needed" was eventually told that there OPS had directed all flights to hold on the gate. Am I missing something?? Does anyone allow "PL" to be reported that does not require de-ice??
Was the ATIS accurratley reporting conditions? I've seen PL or FZRA reported on the ATIS when there is no precip falling. We called clearance and asked the wx observer to make a new observation. He said the current one was accurate. (Maybe another part of the airport did have PL???)
Our FOM gave us authorize to over-ride the ATIS if it was inaccurate. So we did not de-ice. The wing was clean.
I'm not saying that this is what happened in your situation, just sharing an experience.