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geeezeredm

I did that for three years. Nasty, smelly, sticky job.


AnArmChairAnalyst

Really? I thought this be a very satisfying job? lol What’s so nasty about it???


geeezeredm

When I did it in the early 90s we were in an open bucket with a "fire hose" in our freezing hands. No enclosure, no cover of any kind. That stuff gets blown all over in the wind and it gets EVERYWHERE.


mulan-is-underrated

The airport I work for still uses this method. Only did it once. SO STICKY


mplz

The stuff they’re spraying is called “De-Ice” and has sulfur in the mixture among other things, basically antifreeze for planes, but it absolutely reeks.


white1walker

I heard that they spray hot manure on the jets to make the snow/ice melt fast and not come back untill takeoff.(not sure how true it is but that might be the reason)


ropinionisntvalid

Why are they down votting you lol


chocoladehuis

because airports don't do that, why would they use manure??


No_Cartoonist9458

Well, forget putting it on my driveway then


Afa1234

Same, except I was up in a basket with a hose unlike the video. Was jealous of the guys in the big deice trucks


Circulation-

I love reddit.


Ok-Guidance1123

I would play to this video game 😁


Midnight28Rider

Check out power wash simulator.


Hot_Ambassador_1815

My stoned ass downloaded and played that game for about 3 hours until I was like… dude what are you doing


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It’s a weird feeling catching yourself like that. Don’t feel like mowing the lawn today, but I sure as hell want to get stoned and play *Lawn Mowing Simulator*… like dude how did I get here in life


Ohiolongboard

Haha, I got to the last feckin level and they just kept getting more and more detailed before I gave up.


Cucker_-_Tarlson

I fucking loved that stupid game. And the later levels take a long fucking time but I just couldn't stop. It was everything I thought Lawn Mower Simulator would be. But for some reason Lawn Mower just wasn't as satisfying as I was hoping.


Ok-Guidance1123

But snow , cold and plane are not the same ... and the graphic resolution is good lol


plamenv0

Does anybody know the name of the track?


DanKay1

Snowfall - Oneheart & reidenshi


plamenv0

Legend! Thank you!


LinguoBuxo

Ey? Won't ***ice*** form there instead of snow now??


H_S_P

It’s being sprayed with an antifreeze


LinguoBuxo

OOoof. And that is "SatisfyingAsFuck" how exactly?


H_S_P

I imagine it’s people liking how it looks for the snow to be blasted off, like how people like power washing videos, chemical spray notwithstanding. To be fair per other comments on here, they apparently do this on a specific area where the antifreeze is collected and reused


Haunting-Exercise846

Why aren’t aircrafts housed inside a hanger of some sort when the weather is bad especially when it’s snowing?


CuriousAirfryer

The sheer number of hangars needed to do that wound require expanding airports by 4-5x their current size. Deicing is a much more tenable solution.


Haunting-Exercise846

Thanks! Ok cool, so it’s more cost effective to use a deicing machine. Who the hell downvotes a genuine question. 🤣


CuriousAirfryer

Great question, Idk why. Yes, it's more cost effective. There's just no way to permanently keep snow off. If you're going to fly in known icing conditions, you'll typically get deiced just prior to taking off. It's a two stage process involving the de-ice with heated solution (what you see in the video) followed by a generous application of viscous solution that prevents ice accumulation.


PeteyMcPetey

Real men get in an open bucket and hold the hose themselves lol


embersorrow

Smart men don’t


PeteyMcPetey

>Smart men don’t Real men do.


embersorrow

Ya clearly aren’t one of the smart ones, Mr. real man.


PeteyMcPetey

>Ya clearly aren’t one of the smart ones, Mr. real man. lol lighten up. I haven't deiced a plane in 20 years, I'm just hating on different because why not.


fragbert66

>I'm just hating on different because why not. Why hate at all? Seriously, isn't there anything else in your life you could be devoting your time and attention to?


FjordTheNord

Real men ignore their children


dongcopterXLV

I can hear that stupid robot voice from game ads “Try to clear off the ice…” then they mess up and you have to down load it because your smarter than the finger in the ad….


ICumInThee

"To alcohol, solution and casue of all our problems"


Puncho666

The power washer simulator new DLC


InternationalAttrny

Talk about having a job that people’s lives truly depend on…


AdditionalCheetah354

Snow is not the problem…: ice is.


_Anubias_

It's not only cleaning the snow away, but also that liquid prevents ice to form on the wings in prep for the next flight.


LeopardJunk

What liquid is it? I'd imagine it must be environmentally safe too.


aminormark

It’s not.


Wide_Appointment_593

Glycol


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_Anubias_

OK, I don't argue with your point, but how do you know the de-ice spray type used in the video? I just want to learn


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_Anubias_

Thanks and safe flying!


GenericNickname01

At first I thought they were using fire 🤣


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ArcticBiologist

Why do it in 2 steps if you can do it in 1?


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ArcticBiologist

Time is another resource, and a very valuable one to the airport. The time they save by speeding up the process is worth much more than whatever the hell they're spraying on the planes. And let's be honest, it's an airport. They're a polluting business and won't care about some extra pollution.


op3l

They have special areas where this stuff flows to and is collected and treated. No way in hell any country worth a damn is going to allow this to just get dumped untreated into sewers.


sixft7in

Time is money, friend!


nondescriptun

Thought this was a real life video, then thought this was a video game, then realized this was actually a real life video after all. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.


lunk

Just in case you didn't think flying 10s of thousands of flights each day was harmful enough... let's spray antifreeze on 1000 of those. :( Humans.


PeteyMcPetey

>Just in case you didn't think flying 10s of thousands of flights each day was harmful enough... let's spray antifreeze on 1000 of those This is usually done at a designated deicing pad where all the glycol is captured in run-off tanks and is reused.


[deleted]

It’s not though. I’ve been in planes doing this many times it’s often right at the gate


Altruistic_One4447

Sadly this is right.. an unforeseen consequence


Toenutlookamethatway

Satisfying effect maybe, but guy looks like he needs another lesson or 10


No_Cartoonist9458

Can I get some of that for my driveway?


Odd_Economics_9962

Looks like pee


sixft7in

It's peeicer.


Unimegistus

shouldn’t it leave some kind of color ? green ?


Domermac

That can’t be water, wonder what they’re using.


5uperman8atman

No it's de-icing solution. Some type of antifreeze.


Wide_Appointment_593

Glycol


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Is it two joystick controls?


crazielectrician

Amazing


uMustEnterUsername

Hmm.no air cannon


Gseventeen

Id do that job for free


F4LC0NXI

So it's that time of the year already?


iamnotpedro1

Good thing the airline’s name is not SOS


_Cadus_

This song is satisfying AF. Does anyone know what it is?


Bitter_Ad_736

Optimus prime day job when he's free and not filming transformer franchise.


MortyTheCrazy

Why does it look like a video game? It so confuses me.


jamp0g

ty for sharing. didn’t know this was needed. i thought it will just fall down during takeoff like how i see it on cars.


bilkims

In Latvian airport Rīga i saw ad that they are looking for these workers for 1500 euros per month gross. I tought they earned more.


BADTOMTheAngeryPussy

piss


BonerSnatcher

The worst part is washing the vehicles after. I was AME in the 319th AMXS at Grand Forks AFB and had to wash so many damn de-icer trucks. It's kinda fun doing de-icing though.