Originally Posted by
Powderkeg
Five minutes is “more than enough time”? Do you realize your HOT starts at the beginning of fluid application? Unless you’re deicing a 172 from a cherry picker on the runway it ain’t happening. And at TEB, forget about it.
Geez, people, if you can’t stand in front of the boss and be proud of your decision to spend some of his money to keep him (and more importantly, you) safe then seek employment elsewhere.
There are a ton of variables, and the advantage to being on this side of the fence is that you can make a logical decision, vs flying for an airline and having to do everything by the book. There are advantages to both.
WWYD if the ATIS is reporting freezing rain, its 0*, and nothing is sticking to the airplane cause its nice and warm cause you just pulled it out of the hangar? Coat the airplane in $10k worth of de-ice fluid, or fire her up and go?