Originally Posted by
DCAJRMAN
Anybody know these guys? We were headed right for takeoff at EWR this morning with frost all over the wings. Other jets getting deiced at the gate. We just pushback and go!
Full of pax with a FA jumpseating in the back.
Can't believe it as we approach the runway she and I are freaking out. I am in the last row seat 24A so I grab the intercom and ask if they planned on deicing.
We then slow down and sit for awhile. Another 360 and we taxi around awhile then find a place for a deice truck to come spray the wings.
No PA ever made.
Comments?
And you know emphatically that the plan was to take off without getting deiced how?
I've never deiced at ewr before, but I know many places spray down at the end of the runway to minimize taxi time to departure. Perhaps the pilots didn't feel getting deiced merited a pa, completely the captain's call.
Why do you want to know the pilots' names anyway?
Planning to give them a talking to?
Are you an express jet pilot?
Do you know what parameters require deicing per their ops specs?
Was the frost in question thicker than 1/4 inch?