I’m more interested in how this story got leaked. Obviously the crew would file a report with the higher-ups, but how much others get their hands on this photo? I wonder if one of the FA’s sent it to the media.
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Originally Posted by 123494
(Post 3202074)
I’m more interested in how this story got leaked. Obviously the crew would file a report with the higher-ups, but how much others get their hands on this photo? I wonder if one of the FA’s sent it to the media.
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The plane came in the day prior in nasty icing and snow conditions and the return flight was canceled. They got deiced the following day when there was no precipitation and were advised by the deicing provider that the aircraft was clean. Our (F9) procedures require the crew to do an "exit row" contamination check if the HOT is exceeded or if operating in heavy snow. While neither of these conditions existed at the time, it seems something made them want to check (and what a good call to do so!).
Originally Posted by Scoop
(Post 3202033)
What if they ran out of fluid while deicing the right wing?
Fantastic catch by everyone involved on the airplane. |
I wonder if it was pax in window seat(s) who notified the flight attendants.
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Standby for “because Frontiers bottom feeding lowest cost de-ice vendor **** themselves, you all are going to have to wear diapers”.
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Originally Posted by Gone Flying
(Post 3202076)
One possibility is...plane returned to the gate, if anyone made a PA as to why, a pax could have snapped a photo of the wing and posted about it online
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Originally Posted by Strasser
(Post 3202078)
They went back to the gate to deice again and were told by the vendor that fluid had run out (not sure if it was type I or IV). It's hard to say whether the fluid ran out immediately after they got deiced/anti-iced, or during.
Originally Posted by Strasser
(Post 3202078)
Fantastic catch by everyone involved on the airplane.
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Originally Posted by Scoop
(Post 3202033)
What if they ran out of fluid while deicing the right wing? Having the crew check is not a solution. What if they ran out while de-icing the tail area? If we can not trust the de-icing crew we have a big problem. Kudos to the FA/Pax that caught this.
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Originally Posted by Strasser
(Post 3202078)
The plane came in the day prior in nasty icing and snow conditions and the return flight was canceled. They got deiced the following day when there was no precipitation and were advised by the deicing provider that the aircraft was clean. Our (F9) procedures require the crew to do an "exit row" contamination check if the HOT is exceeded or if operating in heavy snow. While neither of these conditions existed at the time, it seems something made them want to check (and what a good call to do so!).
They went back to the gate to deice again and were told by the vendor that fluid had run out (not sure if it was type I or IV). It's hard to say whether the fluid ran out immediately after they got deiced/anti-iced, or during. Fantastic catch by everyone involved on the airplane. |
Originally Posted by Strasser
(Post 3202078)
The plane came in the day prior in nasty icing and snow conditions and the return flight was canceled. They got deiced the following day when there was no precipitation and were advised by the deicing provider that the aircraft was clean. Our (F9) procedures require the crew to do an "exit row" contamination check if the HOT is exceeded or if operating in heavy snow. While neither of these conditions existed at the time, it seems something made them want to check (and what a good call to do so!).
They went back to the gate to deice again and were told by the vendor that fluid had run out (not sure if it was type I or IV). It's hard to say whether the fluid ran out immediately after they got deiced/anti-iced, or during. Fantastic catch by everyone involved on the airplane. I heard that once this was reported, the particular de-icer was immediately fired and the company's contract was terminated. |
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