Originally Posted by
oscardeuce
http:///forum/post/2957585
Flying an unsafe plane is the worst pilot error. Before you light the fires, the plane should be safe. Before take off the plane should be safe.
I do not know the whole story, but it does sound like they flew into icing. If the icing was known, then the pilot should have called for de-ice. If unknown icing, and they were slow and heavy then they were in trouble.
The PIC is always in command. You do not have to follow any instructions given you as PIC as long as you have a good reason for NOT following them.
No arguments there. The plane may have flown into icing but when I heard more reports of the plane being set to auto-pilot during bad weather, I thought "Oh boy, not a good thing to do..."