appeared:
Pass.
“Correct,” the app chimed. She breathed. atpl meteorology question bank
“The most severe icing and turbulence will be found in which sector of this mature polar low?”
“You are flying a turboprop at FL150. The temperature is -5°C, and you encounter supercooled large droplets (SLD). The most immediate action is:” appeared: Pass
was the killer. A satellite image of a comma cloud over the North Sea.
She typed it, exhaling.
The bank had taught her the dark secret of SLD: they don’t freeze on impact immediately; they run back beyond de-ice boots, freezing as clear ice on unprotected surfaces. Climbing to FL180 would make it colder, but the droplets would still be liquid. Descending below freezing level meant melting – but into rain, not ice. A. Descend.