how long does it take to de-ice an Airbus A320?

[Bob Noel]

I particarly enjoyed watching the Jetblue clown spraying the wing from so far away that the wind blew the fluid away before it hit the wing.

 

[ktup-flyer]

As long as it takes to get the ice off.

 

[kayoh190]

Are you sure it was even a JetBlue employee?

 

[Greg Bockelman]

I suspect someone doesn't really have any idea how the process works.

 

[Singlepilot]

Depends on how much contaminant you are removing, if it's one or two steps, how competent the deice crew is, what their equipment set up is. I've had it take 5-20 minutes for a type 1 spray and 15-45 minutes for a two step. Ymmv...


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[Old Fart]

Are you sure it was even a JetBlue employee?

Unless that airport is drastically different than most - can pretty much guarantee that it wasn't an airline employee. Ground service is a completely different company (or companies in some cases)

We don't de-ice at LAX

 

[Captain]

How long does it take to shovel a 50' sidewalk?

 

[Bob Noel]

Are you sure it was even a JetBlue employee?

The conga line only had Jetblue aircraft

The equipment had "Jetblue" all over it.

Close enough for Government work.

 

[mscard88]

Used to love deicing in Canada, like going thru a car wash. You taxi in, get er done, taxi out and a short taxi to the runway for T.O. I think PIT had this setup as well.

 

[ktup-flyer]

99.9% sure B6 doesn't outsource at domestic airports