Would you rather they fly with ice on the wings?
No, I'd rather have an efficient method of De-icing. Maybe it's the actual De-icing but whatever. Last time I flew, I sat on the runway for 2 freaking hours waiting to be deiced. Today, after flying for ~15 hours with a very unhappy toddler, I'm sitting on the runway at ORD for 40 min and counting, because there are no available gates, due to planes De-icing at them. Not a happy day here.
ETA: didn't realize, but we're actually going on an hour as I write this.