Originally Posted by ultradrvr
Corporate de-iceing is not as structured or monitered as it maybe it should be....and at some airports it is non-existent...I hear guys talk all the time..."I know exactley how much snow can be on my wings and still be fine"....."its too much hassle"
"it costs too much"...."lets just smooth out the frost with our gloves and it should be fine, what about the tail sir?...hmmm no ladder, oh it should be ok"
The fact is a lot of corporate jets dont get de-iced when they should (some do) a lot dont!!! Its all part of that Part 91 flying.....Im not so sure but what Part 91 could use a little tweaking.
When I was flying a Hawker for both 91 and 135 this was a non-issue! If it was below freezing and visible moisture was on the aircraft is got deiced. Whether we hangared it for the night or even a couple of hours to melt it off. If we didn't have the time or ability to do that, we payed the $15 a gallon for the fluid.