Flew the A320 from Schiphol to Gatwick yesterday and met a mushroom cloud type system over the north sea and experienced heavy icing @ 6000ft. Turned the de-icing on and dropped down to 5000, but the same issue. I’m no expert on the matter, but wouldn’t this be a problem at much higher altitudes? Was flying in live weather. Thoughts?
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And what POH or checklists states about procedure? 
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I think the icing effect vs icing visual is much different. I personally think they went a little over the top on the visual. Makes it look a lot worse then it is. Same with lightning now…
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Yeah, you get heavy icing even when flying through low clouds that may produce some drizzle, but that’s about it (think London or Seattle). It’s a bit on the ridiculous side. Sort of like all the thunder/lightning from clouds on a partly cloudy day.
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