interview question
 

6000' holding in freezing rain what do you do?

I say request climb into snow.

Make sure you have on clean drawers.......

drop gear, flaps, and slow to final approach speed...cuz if you hang out there too long you're going to land in the area that is 6,000' directly below you...might as well be configured.

Your first answer would have been what I would say depending on where i was.

Not sure I would phrase it as a request.

How does one climb up into snow if it's freezing rain? Wouldn't it be an inversion and RAINING above??? Just a thought!!! Climbing would be correct, but you may want to re-phrase your answer as to why.

Freezing rain indicates the droplets are supercooled and temps are BELOW freezing above. No inversion.

I like to wait to see if Consuela gives me four open on the A/ice system..... :D

SAAB, and all you ERJ drivers know what I'm talkin' about..... ;)


But if you're in a small GA airplane, find warmer air ASAP or land. I've inadvertently flown into icing conditions in a BE76 with a student. Not bad enough to get the stall warning at 120 knots, but seeing how much ice had accumulated on the tail made me soil my pants and thank god we were on the ground!

http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Gu...t=1&Count=100#
Freezing rain is rain that falls through a freezing level, and becomes supercooled. Thus, a temperature inversion is almost guaranteed. So, you would climb into rain. Nacho was correct

Why the hell are you holding in freezing rain anyway?

I stand corrected.

Because there's a light breeze blowing in LGA EWR or PHL

hahaha, thats great!
I wouldn't touch the configuration of the airplane, and I would do a 180 and get the hell out of there, ASAP. Remember, you are the CA you do whatever you need to do do get you and the peeps on the ground safely. I love when I see these CA's going back and forth over the FREE TEXT on the ACARS, come up with your Divert Fuel, and go there, tell the dispatchers thats where you are going, end of discussion...........