Frontier deice incident BNA
03-03-2021, 01:45 AM
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Frontier deice incident BNA
This, of course, could have killed a whole plane load of people. Someone needs to be locked up for awhile to think about the error of their ways.
https://onemileatatime.com/frontier-...ophic-deicing/
https://onemileatatime.com/frontier-...ophic-deicing/
03-03-2021, 03:08 AM
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Practically speaking, how could any of us catch this before departing? At least in the plane I fly, there is no way I can get a good enough view of the wings to confirm they’re clean. We’re not trained to leave the cockpit and look out one of the windows. What else can we do other than put our trust in these de-ice crews?
03-03-2021, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by 123494
Practically speaking, how could any of us catch this before departing? At least in the plane I fly, there is no way I can get a good enough view of the wings to confirm they’re clean. We’re not trained to leave the cockpit and look out one of the windows. What else can we do other than put our trust in these de-ice crews?
is a “pre takeoff contamination check” not required before departure? It is at my airline.
03-03-2021, 03:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Hogcapt
is a “pre takeoff contamination check” not required before departure? It is at my airline.
03-03-2021, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Hogcapt
is a “pre takeoff contamination check” not required before departure? It is at my airline.
03-03-2021, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by CBreezy
You have to go back and look at the wings every time you deice? It hasn't been that way at the 3 airlines I worked at
If you were unsure or the HOT had expired you did a “pre takeoff contamination check” where one of you went back, asked the people in the exit row to move, and visually inspect both wings from the exit row.
03-03-2021, 03:38 AM
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Read the comments after that article, they’re ridiculous. I wonder if we’ll see similar here. Anywhere I’ve worked a visual inspection by the flight crew is only required if holdover is exceeded or the precip type/intensity changes.
We did do a pre-take off check from the cockpit during icing conditions regardless because a portion of the wing was visible, but left the cockpit for pre-take off contamination check only for the above conditions.
We did do a pre-take off check from the cockpit during icing conditions regardless because a portion of the wing was visible, but left the cockpit for pre-take off contamination check only for the above conditions.
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