mtsupilot09
"We lookin fo you. We gon find you!"
Saturday night there were 4 jets that started to ice up on the ramp of my FBO. We don't have deice capabilities. We eventually got them in a hangar to thaw, but one of the flight crews (a Citation Sovereign) requested that we put hot water on the wings to melt the frost. I explained that hot water actually freezes faster than cold water and that it would almost certainly create a layer of clear ice. The captain had me do it anyway, so away I went, filled up buckets with hot water from the coffee maker and proceeded to pour it on the wings. And, like I thought, it created a layer of clear ice. This surprised the pilot. I was floored at his lack of knowledge/planning for weather. I wanted to say to him, "Isn't it kind of a big part of your job to plan ahead for the weather?" No, frost/ice is not forecasted, but temperature is.