Mxsmanic wrote:
T182T writes:

It is not instant death, as you believe, if you see some
ice collecting in the corner of the windshield.

I don't believe that it is instant death. But I also know that it's not a good
idea to fly blissfully on through icing conditions, no matter what equipment
you have on board.

"fly blissfully on"?

That's an inane and ignorant thing to say.

You just have to be ready, and know what to do about it.

And what exactly do you do about it?

Even student pilots know what to do about it.

Take some lessons and find out.

In this respect the anti-icing packages in the
Mooney and now Cirrus are just a HUGE benefit and allow you to file and fly
almost anywhere with confidence. Your statement that this is _diametrically
opposed_ to reality shows only that you and reality are not even distant
acquaintances!

An icing package gives you more time to get out of icing conditions, that's
all.

A fire extinguisher will put out a fire and that's all.

Go ahead - we’re all waiting for you to label my attitude cavalier and angry
young male endangering lives, but it’s really only the voice of a moderate
amount of experience (many here have much more) countering your timid whimper
of ignorance.

It sounds like the voice of someone who has encountered icing but hasn't been
nearly killed by it yet. The more often you get away with something, the more
you tend to assume that you'll always be able to get away with it.

You sound like someone who hasn't a clue what they are talking about.


--
Jim Pennino

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