Originally Posted by
sulkair
I think the Mods should remove flight specific details on posts like these. Even if the OP was correct and his actions just saved lives, we can't be calling out one another on public forums. Otherwise we'll be identifying crews for all manner of nonsense open to variable interpretation.
This isn't helpful, even if totally legit.
Mods - what do you think?
We don't ever allow the identification of crew members by name to the public, for obvious security reasons.
But we don't have a policy such that you can't reference specific flight numbers...we do it all the time (see the SWA wrong-airport thread in the Majors section).
It's up to the OP to decide whether this is the best way to deal with this sort of thing.
If he had asked me in advance I would have advised him not to post in this manner because it's going to get back to management...unless that's what he wanted. But it's way too late to shut the barn door now.
But I'll admit it's a bit disturbing that US 121 pilots are still flying with ice...intentionally or accidentally. I consider it non-trivial and is certainly a legit point of discussion on APC (maybe without the flight number next time).