S80 FLT CREW QUESTIONS TAXI PROC AT PHL DEICING PAD.

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AFTER A LONG WAIT TO ENTER A DEICING STATION AT PHL; WE WERE FINALLY DEICED. IN FRONT OF US WAS THE EXIT FROM THE DEICING STATION TO THE STAGING AREA TO TRANSITION TO GND CTL. A 2-3 FT BANK OF SNOW HAD BUILT UP HORIZLY IN FRONT OF US DIRECTING THE PAD IN 2. GOING STRAIGHT OUT THROUGH THE SNOW BANK WAS NOT AN OPTION I ENTERTAINED. I REQUESTED A SNOW PLOW TO CLR THE SNOW BANK AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD 'WORK ON IT.' AFTER WAITING FOR SOME TIME; A DEICING GUIDEMAN SHOWED UP TO WING WALK ME ON A TIGHT R TURN PARALLEL TO THE SNOW BANK ON MY L; AND AN ACFT PARKED FOR DEICING ON MY R. I THOUGHT THIS WAS PROBABLY STANDARD PRACTICE AND COMPLIED WITH HIS DIRECTION. I THOUGHT OTHER ACFT PRECEDING ME IN DEICING MUST HAVE EXITED LIKEWISE. I HAD ENOUGH WINGTIP CLRNC WITH THE ACFT ON MY R; BUT WE WERE STILL VERY CLOSE. I WAS THEN DIRECTED TO MAKE A TIGHT 180 DEG L TURN AROUND THE END OF THE SNOW BANK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAD. I HAD TO SLOW SEVERAL TIMES TO GAIN CORNERING IN THE TURN; AS THE RAMP WAS SLICK. EVERY TIME I RESTARTED MY TURN; I HAD TO INCREASE PWR TO BEGIN MOVEMENT AGAIN. MY TAIL WAS POINTING DIRECTLY AT THE PLANES IN THE DEICING PADS. I AM CONCERNED THAT I COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE OR INJURY WITH MY JETBLAST. NOTHING WAS SAID TO THAT EFFECT; BUT IT WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE AND AWKWARD SIT. I SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR THE SNOW BANK TO BE REMOVED; BUT AFTER AN ALREADY LONG WAIT; THE PROMPTING OF THE GUIDEMAN SEEMED TO BE TOO MUCH OF A TEMPTATION TO RESIST. IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE AN ALREADY LONG DELAY AND TO SAVE MY DWINDLING FUEL RESERVE; MY JUDGEMENT WAS SOMEWHAT CLOUDED. THIS IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF A 'RUSH TO COMPLY' SCENARIO; WHICH WE HAVE ALL BEEN WARNED AGAINST. PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE IN WX/ATC DELAY SITS.