Cost for de-icing

[old*art]

Its been years but by happenstance I saw the receipt at HPN Signature to deice a Hawker covered with snow and it was around $3500. Type I and IV.

 

[gunfyter]

I went back 3 times to de-ice trying to move a plane from MMU to TEB because they insisted it had to be moved there. Then TEB closed and the pax took a Limo to MMU.

The weather was a lot nicer in Florida.

 

[FLYLOW22]

I am trying to compile some data on aircraft de-icing costs: Please post what your minimum and maximum costs have been to de-ice your aircraft this year, type of aircraft, whether it was wings and tail or total de-ice, airport de-ice took place, FBO used and if you remember, the amount of time it delayed your departure to get de-iced.

Thank you

Cheaper than crashing.

 

[fischman]

Funny, in 10 years with the company, I've never asked permission to de-ice. Jet needs it, jet gets it. My decision. And I've never had anybody in management ask me about it after the fact.

Well I've only been with the company for 5 years, so in our combined 15 years with the company, we've had the same experience.

That is why they pay us the big bucks.

Luckily, NJA seems to be pretty on top of the weather. I've found that if de-ice is going to be required the next morning the company USUALLY already has us on the hangar list. It is one of the FEW times the company doesn't step over a dollar to pick up a dime.

Of course, if one of those pesky Gulfstreams is hogging the hangar, I can't fit my XL in!!!

 

[gutshotdraw]

Well I've only been with the company for 5 years, so in our combined 15 years with the company, we've had the same experience.

That is why they pay us the big bucks.

Luckily, NJA seems to be pretty on top of the weather. I've found that if de-ice is going to be required the next morning the company USUALLY already has us on the hangar list. It is one of the FEW times the company doesn't step over a dollar to pick up a dime.

Of course, if one of those pesky Gulfstreams is hogging the hangar, I can't fit my XL in!!!

Very true. The company has always understood that hangars are cheaper than deicing and deicing is cheaper than crashing. Sometimes, there's no room at the inn and we're stuck spraying glycol. Like a few years back in Calgary when a freak May overnight snowstorm dumped 4 inches of nasty stuff on the jet. Took 30 minutes of SPRAYING to clear the plane. Would have hated to see that bill.

Going on my third vacation since October after the next tour and then recurrent. I'm a desert rat and I HATE deicing so....

 

[av8tor4239]

Are you that Guy

Av8or.

I was reading the Sunday AJC here in Atlanta and there was an article about "Jet Socks".. is that your company???

 

[Rubber Ducky]

Scherignature

De-icing questions...

About 6 weeks ago, IAD was hit with a snow storm. Scherignature said their hangar was full, company called to confirm, we got dumped on. In the morning we asked again if we could be moved into the hangar for a few hours, same answer "hangar full". While de-icing, they opened the door, hangar had 1, uno, "one" aircraft tucket in the back corner. I checked cost to de-ice our aircraft which we broomed the wings and another of same type that did not broom the wings. Ours was $3000, the aircraft right before us was $7000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe this was intentional on Scherignature's part.

 

[jws717]

Holy smokes! I have de-iced at least 20 times this month. It just has not stopped snowing in the East. Someone is getting a bill for around 100K. Not to mention having to call out mechanics with heat guns, to melt the N1 iced over.

 

[Myster79]

Who cares how much it costs... If there is ice/frost on an airfoil.. then De-ice!

 

[Ultra Grump]

Luckily, NJA seems to be pretty on top of the weather. I've found that if de-ice is going to be required the next morning the company USUALLY already has us on the hangar list. It is one of the FEW times the company doesn't step over a dollar to pick up a dime

Not so fast. Day 1 of tour, walked out to plane that had been sitting for a week. A foot of snow on it, and 1 hour to departure for a short ferry to pick up pax. Small cabin airplane, over $3500 to deice, and that's after sweeping off as much snow as we could reach.

 

[fischman]

That's why I typed "USUALLY" in all caps. "USUALLY" does not mean all the time.

 

[Ultra Grump]

Happened all the time that tour. More than one tail, more than one day.

 

[DAS at 10/250]

Funny, in 10 years with the company, I've never asked permission to de-ice. Jet needs it, jet gets it. My decision. And I've never had anybody in management ask me about it after the fact.

+1

If you feel the need to call in and "ask to de-ice" your ass doesn't belong in the left seat.

 

[landlover]

$8200 @ SDF, Falcon 20.

 

[brokeflyer]

+1

If you feel the need to call in and "ask to de-ice" your ass doesn't belong in the left seat.

nor do you belong at that dirtbag operation.

Good advice DAS.