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Actually, that's exactly what we have on all of our airplanes. We have a de-ice checklist that we follow along with a cold weather ops card that has all the info one needs. I've been on the 777 for over 2 years now and I've never been de-iced in the thing.
Cold weather ops is not like flying a shuttle mission or something. Coordinate with ops, taxi to the pad, follow the checklist to configure, write down the pertinants when given, finish the de-ice checklist, taxi out, check holdover time, and launch if you haven't exceeded or do a pre-takeoff contamination check if permitted.
Dude--we're not talking about you flying a 777 with years (probably decades) of experience. We're talking about people with 1,500 hours farting around in their dad's Cessna in VFR conditions taking command of jet after only 1 or 2 landings on contaminated runways or with crosswind components >15 knots.
I'm very, very sure you weren't ready to take command of that 777 with 1,500 hours in a Cessna and 12 months as a Mesa FO who doesn't even know what a "real" PC is like (b/c we've had AQP and that's all they've ever known).