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Originally Posted by ChinookDriver How well does the de-icing equipment work on the typical freight aircraft (navajos, chieftains, barons, caravans, etc). |
I've never flown an airplane with boots and thought, "gee, these things sure work great." Most of the time they suck. Some airplanes just carry ice better than others. Most of my icing experience is in the Be-99, Chieftain, Metro, and Caravan, and that's the order I'd rate them in from best to worst in ice overall. We had a Caravan with TKS at my old company, and I was thoroughly unimpressed, but some people swear by it.
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Originally Posted by ChinookDriver  And a follow-up, is there any weather conditions you won't launch in? (Besides weather below mins, T-storms, etc.) Surface winds too high... too much icing? |
I go unless company policy/regs, aircraft capability, or a deferred item prohibits it. And even then, it's usually just a delay to wait for better conditions. Just starting my third year flying freight and I've never had a flight completely cancel due to weather. Lots of delays, plenty of diversions, lots of holding. But I've never had to say, "nope, I'm going home and going back to bed." It just doesn't happen often, unless you're in the middle of a natural disaster and/or you're flying something that is very limited in capability.