Originally Posted by
N1EPR
My memory may be faulty, but I don't remember having a switch that would turn the nav lights on or off. It the aircraft was powered the nav lights were on. Same as the pitot heat.
I was flying the B757 and MD11.
I was surprised to hear that there was no switch to turn the Nav lights off / on.
What was the function of the switch marked “Position” in this
picture of B757 overhead exterior light panel?
I have flown with crews who insisted on having the NAV lights on when we were airborne and in bright sunlight.
I am sure the NAV lights weren’t necessary to show other aircraft that we were powered then - so what is the point of having them switched on permanently?
Our SOPs simply said NAV lights …. As required.