Pitot heat is your friend.
I was going to say, if a C172 has it, surely an Airbus would. And that instrument was invented by a frenchie, which makes this all the more puzzling.
Shouldn’t there be an automatic cross-check between the pitot and GPS to see if there’s a major disagreement?
Correct about pitot heat. You may be surprised, however, to know that pitot heat can be deferred on aircraft, provided temps and visible moisture do not conspire to create icing conditions. In fact on some aircraft (part 121 certified) all of the anti-icing equipment can be deferred..
2 out of 3 pitot systems on this Airbus do not have pitot heat IIRC. Poor design is being adressed aledgedly. Not the first time for this scenario. Pitot system is interpreted by computer making the aircraft do strange stuff.
Yes, indeed.