For the last 5 years or so there has been an option to fit the 737 strobe ON/OFF switch with an AUTO position whereby it is activated by an A/G sensor. So maybe some crews/operators would prefer to use this option.
Our own company SOP’s insist that we switch them “ON” when entering the active runway, presumably to make you more conspicuous to landing traffic.
Maybe strobes would have helped in the BA744/BM321 09R incident at LHR last year, anybody know if the report mentioned it?
S & L