Now that Jacques Chretien has made the smoking of hallucinatory substances compulsory in Canada it has become SOP to illuminate the tail in the hope it will reduce the chances of getting a big fat ugly aeroplane up your APU.
No, seriously B-HLQ, everyone has been on such a short fuse lately that maintenance did not want to overload the electrical system. Now that things have calmed down a tad, the whole panel is fair game for the fidgety fingers of the SO's.
Really...isn't there something more interesting to discuss, or are you just trying to dob someone in?