B757 FLC USES IMPROPER PROCS DURING THE DEICING OF THE ACFT AT DAY.
Synopsis
B757 FLC USES IMPROPER PROCS DURING THE DEICING OF THE ACFT AT DAY.
Narrative
SHORTLY BEFORE XA30 LCL AT DAY; WE TAXIED TO THE DEICING PAD #2 FOR DEICING ONLY. THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION AT THE TIME; ONLY A SNOW CONTAMINATED AIRPLANE. IT WAS AGREED UPON BEFORE PUSHBACK THAT THE GND CREW (2 TRUCKS) WOULD JUST DEICE US USING TYPE I FLUID AT 50%. WITH A TKOF SLOT TIME OF XA53 LCL; WE THOUGHT 2 TRUCKS COULD DEICE US RATHER QUICKLY. AT XA50; 20 MINS INTO THE PROC; THE GND CREW CALLED TO SAY THEY WERE JUST FINISHING UP ON THE TAIL SECTION. THEN GND CTL CALLED; ASKING ABOUT OUR ESTIMATED TKOF. NOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT EXPEDITING THIS SEEMINGLY SLOW DEICING GND CREW; SO I CALL ON THE LCL FREQ AND ASK IF THEY CAN HURRY IT UP SO AS TO AVOID A LENGTHY GND STOP TO ATLANTA. WE WERE CURRENTLY DELAYED 3 HRS ALREADY. SOON AFTER THAT CALL; THE GND CREW READ BACK AN INCOMPLETE POST DEICING RPT; OMITTING THE 'CLR OF ICE/CONTAMINANTS.' I LET THAT SLIDE; AND ASKED IF WE COULD START OUR ENGS. THEY RESPONDED WITH 'START ONLY THE L ENG; WE SPOTTED A PATCH OF SNOW ON THE R ELEVATOR; WITHIN A FEW MINS; WE WERE CLRED TO START R ENG; FOLLOWED BY A 'YOU ARE CLR' WHEN ASKED IF WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI. WE THEN SWITCHED TO GND CTL FOR TAXI. UPON ARR AT ATLANTA; WE WERE TOLD THAT THE DEICING CREW WAS NOT FINISHED; AND THAT THEY DENIED CLRING US TO START ENGS OR TAXI. IF I HAD REQUESTED A FULL AND PROPER POST DEICING RPT TO BEGIN WITH; ALL DOUBT WOULD BE REMOVED.
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