On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:49:26 -0800 (PST),
wrote:


So, why do so many of them have boots and hot props and all
the rest? It would seem to add a lot of expensive weight if flight
through known ice is forbidden. What does FedEx do with their Caravans
when the weather is less than CAVU? Ground them?

I flew on a Caravan a few weeks back that certainly was equipped for
ice.