Originally Posted by
ERJ135
Ok, so if anyone was in CLE yesterday you know it was snowy. We were taxing out and were a neg deice, we have a clean wing concept. It was lgt fluffy snow and not a problem. We were told to go around an XJT because we not going to the deice pad. XJT guys stated they were also a neg Deice and ready to taxi. CLE came back and told them that because of CLE winter ops they had no choice and had to deice. Why did the XJT have to deice and we didn't? I can understand if it was XJT ops requirement but, the controller said it was CLE winter ops and they had to deice and commutair was not in the contract thats why were able to go. Is it because of our clean wing concept? I thought the cap had final say in Deicing? Just curious, I checked the CLE Jepps couldn't find anything about it.
It's because Comutair (management) doesn't care if you lose your ticket for awhile or have an accident and die for that matter. You are replaceable. Deice fluid costs money and time. It's just business and sometimes businessmen have to take their (hull) losses. (Of course the airline executives expect to be deiced at any hint of freezing precip when they happen to be aboard.) Besides, that's why the company carries insurance, to make up for the losses incurred by those inept pilots. (They are labor remember.)