"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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Got to the airport to find the plane with a coating of ice
that needed to be removed. My FBO at home takes care of this for free. I
wasn't expecting it to be free but when they finished the job and
presented me with a $462.50 bill I about lost it (**** my pants).

I once asked for deicing at LI Jet Center at FRG. It would probably have
cost as much, but they warned me in advance. If they hadn't, it would never
have occurred to me that it could be expensive (my old FBO did it for free
too). But they were nice enough to suggest that they could instead use
their pre-heater to melt the ice, at a fraction of the cost. (It was a
low-wing plane with a light coating of ice, and the air temperature had
risen above freezing.)