Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
Most jets give a warning at 10,000 feet, so you should have time to turn on the bleeds before they drop. Also, I would rather have to deal with masks dropping every once and a while than not making a required climb gradient due to fuselage ice.
Nobody's talking about not getting the full body deiced. There's a distinct difference between deice and anti ice. I'm pretty sure the 50 plus years AWAC has been taking off without adding type 4 to the fuselage, and not crashing, wasn't just sheer luck. This is strictly a lawyer created problem. Nobody wants to assume the liability.