About 25 years ago I was returning to LHR from Tucson via Chicago where I changed planes with AA. The snow was really coming down. The Captain announced that the plane had been de-iced and that we were ready to go. I looked out of the window and saw a very large amount of snow still on the wing. I was worried to say the least so I called the flight attendant and explained my concerns. The first officer was called. He asked for the cabin lights to be dimmed and shone his flashlight out through the window. He thanked me for my observations. An announcement was made that the de-icing crew would be called back. Needless to say that we were late departing and I’m here to tell the tail.
Stopped to refuel there on a Laker Airways DC10 back in the 1990's coming home to London from Miami. We were allowed to disembark to have some of their wonderful ice cream at 2.30am on a June morning, it was quite surreal. Always remembered the clocks on the wall.
