what really p!ssed me off one night was when a QF 767 taxied from the INT'L apron to a holding point directly opposite me. ALL LIGHTS BLAZING! we sat there for about three minutes being blinded by this inconsiderate git! When we were cleared to line up first, we turned on the lights as required by SOP's... only to hear this radio call ..... " thanks guys..... imagine if we did that to you!"
We bit our tongues - wish we hadn't now! Airmanship, it seems, is not practised at some "national airlines" .
BTW... we were in an A/c considerably closer to the ground than a B767. Our landing lights would have had ZERO effect on them! besides the fact that we didn't turn them on till 45 deg on the runway!!!!!!