Originally Posted by ctd57

I don't think thorough has anything to do with it. I am just unfamiliar with the Saab and curious why it takes so much longer, I am sure that sometimes it is the first flight of the day. But it seems pretty consistant with the Saabs that it is going to take longer to get rolling. One more question, but this is for the 900 guys at Mesaba. I noticed the other day in the de-ice pad that one of your 900's kept its APU running while getting sprayed and he advised the iceman to make sure and not spray near it. Is that your normal operating policy to leave your APU on during de-ice? We just shut ours off. That way there is no need to worry about fluid getting into they APU intake and smelling up the cabin.