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> The difficult part is in training. Training in proper conditions is really hard because when those conditions are present, it's all hands on deck and the inst
by runjake 4y ago
> The difficult part is in training. Training in proper conditions is really hard because when those conditions are present, it's all hands on deck and the instructors can't be instructing because they're out actually deicing planes.
I've never seen it this way. In the US military, de-icing duty falls on a minimally-trained E-1/E-2. We get about an hour or two training that includes some grave warnings.
While it's inculcated in you from day one not to kill aircrews or crash planes, about the only de-icing training you get is to make sure there's no residual ice on the wings and especially it's moving surfaces (eg. flaps).
Source: I spent countless hours de-icing large military aircraft as a one-striper, in an open bucket, in blizzards. It's an experience.
- rad_gruchalski 4y ago> We get about an hour or two training that includes some grave warnings. Can you share examples of those warnings?
- l_theanine 4y agoNot the person you’re replying to, but a little common sense would imply warnings along the line of “if you don’t do this properly, a crew of innocent people fall out of the sky and fucking die whilst screaming all the way down”
- runjake 4y agoRoughly: “If you don’t do a thorough job, you will kill the flight crew and they will not make it home to their families. If the first part doesn’t bother you, you’ll also be court martialed and in a brig for a long, long time.”
- maxerickson 4y agoDid any of your training focus on controlling cost the way a commercial airport would?