Tool of the day
11-21-2012, 12:28 PM
#3211
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11-21-2012, 12:55 PM
#3212
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ATC and pilots never make mistakes do they? There would be at least one airline crew and some passengers who lived longer had they had strobes on. When I'm on a runway strobes will be on. The people in the back certainly deserve that level of safety. If they bother you then don't look at them.
11-21-2012, 01:35 PM
#3213
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ATC and pilots never make mistakes do they? There would be at least one airline crew and some passengers who lived longer had they had strobes on. When I'm on a runway strobes will be on. The people in the back certainly deserve that level of safety. If they bother you then don't look at them.
11-21-2012, 02:00 PM
#3215
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11-22-2012, 12:14 AM
#3217
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I can see the point about being courteous and keeping the landing lights off IF you're facing somebody on the other side of the runway. At the same time, 90% of the time, it isn't a big deal.
I will agree that strobe lights go on when entering or crossing a runway, not at the start of the takeoff roll. Do you wait until you introduce fuel before you turn on the beacon too?
I will agree that strobe lights go on when entering or crossing a runway, not at the start of the takeoff roll. Do you wait until you introduce fuel before you turn on the beacon too?
11-22-2012, 06:36 AM
#3218
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I can see the point about being courteous and keeping the landing lights off IF you're facing somebody on the other side of the runway. At the same time, 90% of the time, it isn't a big deal.
I will agree that strobe lights go on when entering or crossing a runway, not at the start of the takeoff roll. Do you wait until you introduce fuel before you turn on the beacon too?
I will agree that strobe lights go on when entering or crossing a runway, not at the start of the takeoff roll. Do you wait until you introduce fuel before you turn on the beacon too?
Every fleet, every carrier, has slight differences in how lights are manipulated in that critical phase... just prior to, and during, TO roll.
Courtesy is nice, but sometimes the checklist (and safety/visibility) takes some precedence.
11-22-2012, 06:40 AM
#3219
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I think the only time it's really a "Tool Move" is when you are stopped, nose to nose, for an extended time, waiting to turn, and you -don't- turn off your taxi lights.
Airplanes rolling onto the runway for takeoff have to turn them on, so if you are sitting there...behind them...
"Look Away!"
Airplanes rolling onto the runway for takeoff have to turn them on, so if you are sitting there...behind them...
"Look Away!"
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