Best Airport for Deicing

[TurboS7]

Being a non-sked carrier as a captain deicing is really a pain. We have deicing set up at every airport but sometimes I feel that the ground handlers just tick the box. Which airports do you feel have the best deice situtation especially pertaining to large aircraft ops. Right off the bat I think that USair at PIT has the best setup, just drive the jet through and away you go.

 

[Beechnut]

Hey Scab, how's it hanging?

S!

 

[TOGA]

YYZ. Those crazy Canucks know what the heck they're doing! I suppose they'd better.

 

[chperplt]

US Air Boston has a pretty good set up. Two trucks on either side.. takes about 5 minutes to clean a 75.

 

[TurboS7]

It is going a lot better for me than it is for about 8000 other ALPA loving AFL-CIO pilots out there. Cheers.

 

[jtf]

I second PIT as the best place I've flown for deicing.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

I personally think Adams International in Barbados is the best airport for deicing.

 

[328dude]

Montreal, hands down

 

[TurboS7]

Speaking of Barbados any of you 737 drivers have problems with wing icing on a quick turn. Usually the 737 after 3.0 hours of flying has problems with ice building on the top of the wing from cold fuel. There are several ways to take care of it I was wondering if anyone had any experience with it.

 

[dav8or]

Montreal, hands down

Make that 2 votes for YUL

 

[46Driver]

3 votes for Montreal.

 

[LearLove]

YUL and PIT, with YUL edging out PIT with the light/sign/arrow system.

Chper - are you nuts man, BOS - thoes guys are about the biggest pains in the a$$ when it comes to deice that there ever was. Last winter they funded new skis and boots with the overtime I made with that pathetic operation.

Albany - another pain in the butt operation - thoes guys would/will purposely shoot the APU exhaust to get it to shut down.

 

[chperplt]

Lear


I've never had a problem in Boston. Last winter was my second in the northeast, and I don't think I waited more than 10 minutes to push and 5 minutes once pushed for the deice guys..

I heard that U lost the deice contract in PIT and a contractor will be running the deice pads this winter. I always thought that U just deiced their own.. wasn't aware it was a contract thing.

 

[adrianh11]

Toronto- YYZ is the best I have actually deiced at. There are actual LED signs that tell you freqs, when to pull up etc. Like 10 lanes for deicing and very good ground personnel. I haven't de-iced at PIT yet but they look like they are equipped very well also.