Why would you SE taxing on an icy or slippery taxiway ???????

I'm guessing a lot of post incident discussions start with, "Why would you....?"

She's a keeper. ;)

Did they press on anyway for 14 hours like they did twice already when blowing engines on takeoff? :D

Did it go off the end despite max attempted braking or did it go off the side for some other reason?

Sometimes to reduce residual idle thrust. I doubt very many taxiway excursions and zero runway excursions are caused by routine taxi attempts on SE. That said, I'd still be inclined not to do it, particularly with wing mounted engines.

Question for Check Airmen
 

I was laying over in the Caribbean. Inbound crew brought in our aircraft with TCAS MCO'd and a note on my outbound flight plan that said OCC approved flight w/MCO.

I looked in the MEL and it seemed to me that TCAS was required for flights TO the Caribbean in RVSM airspace. MEL said I was fine to bring it home.

Can the OCC waive something like that? I've looked in the AIM and I can't find anything specific. Inbound crew said TCAS was broken prior to dispatch. (They went on a long flight with a broken first class lav, too.)

A stand-up guy would contact those pilots and have them fill out ASAP's. I wouldn't care if I had a signed letter from the CP/DO -- I still wouldn't have taken that aircraft in direct violation of the MDM.

I have no idea what's going on. I sure as hell am getting tired of all the runway excursion info in the quarterly CQs though.

Did not happen on takeoff or landing. Outbound taxi.