Good evening all....

Just a quick question thats been unsettling me this week - as a fairy nervous (but regular) flyer I do enjoy the routine of a departure process I can follow to keep me calm - one thing that struck me this week on a departure on an icy morning was a different process for managing the flaps.

I always notice the flaps move into position after push back before we start moving forward - on this occasion the flight was de-iced and after pushback NO FLAP MOVEMENT - which caused me a slight panic and started running through all the crashes over the years in my mind caused by incorrect flap deployment.

Anyway - using up all my energy not to run down the aisle shouting FLAPS I finally calmed down as we turned onto the take off runway and the flaps moved into position as we were powering up - I guess there are many fail safes in place in these instances but wondering if this could have been pilot error not following the checklist or standard procedure after de-icing to prevent further build up of ice?

Any insights as always much appreciated ...

C