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I read a lot of "Near-Total-OMG-did-he-died?" icing stories in my obscure magazine of Melmoths and moustaches.

However, it SEEMS like you airline guys never have anything at all whatsoever to say about ice.

I know you have bad-ass anti-icing equipment and that your ability to four-one-oh (or whatever altitude) your aircraft limits your exposure to ice, but I would think you guys would have some stories of impressively-caked-up windshield wipers or random antenna that grew by inches or something...anything?

I know I have at least three experiences of seeing some ice on turboprops at altitudes below 30K- but not sure I've ever seen anything on a 'real' jet airliner.

Seriously- do you guys "never" gather any discussion-worthy ice anywhere on descent or climb out? Something to do with your higher operating speeds?

However, it SEEMS like you airline guys never have anything at all whatsoever to say about ice.

Seriously- do you guys "never" gather any discussion-worthy ice anywhere on descent or climb out?

I suppose it depends on your definition of "discussion-worthy", but in-flight icing is, in fact, not much of an issue for transport-category jets.

3we are you flying these days? As a Cessna driver in Seattle I have a very high respect for the ice machine we refer to as "The Cascades".

I once had to drink a warm coke on a flight from Gatwick to Dublin due to no ice being available. But this was Ryan air so I suppose they didn't want to incur the weight penalty.

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I once had to drink a warm coke on a flight from Gatwick to Dublin due to no ice being available. But this was Ryan air so I suppose they didn't want to incur the weight penalty.

Your welcome.

Thanks.

That would seem to be relatively consistent with Flyboy's comments as an actual insider.