Originally Posted by
wags3539
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.
I am talking about anti-ice. And lack of an accident does not mean it is safe. They actually do not do any real world testing for fuselage icing. The test the anti-ice systems of the aircraft, not how much ice the thing can handle.
And this is not an airline specific thing. The FAA counts the fuselage as a critical surface now and companies are just matching their procedures to the FAA for liability.