Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
If I don't get Type IV while I'm ALREADY in the pad, and the temp drops or precip intensity increases, well, now you've just lost your place in line and have to go back and get Type IV.
THAT scenario is going to cost your pax 20-45 minutes, and it can and does happen during evening pushes all the time.
I prefer spending 3 extra minutes while I'm already there, to save us 20-45 in case things change (and they do).
If someone misses their connection and I'm in compliance with my manuals and regs, how is that my problem?
Reread the post, light snow above freezing everything melting on contact, no forecast of anything...your situation is completely different. Agree that as pilots we are overzealous at the first sign of a flurry.