Sounds like poor airmanship.
Write to:
Captain Peter Wilson
Chief Pilot
QCC 3
Qantas Airways Ltd
203 Coward St
Mascot, NSW, 2020
ATSB
1800 020 616
Tel: (02) 6257 4150
Tel International: +61 2 6257 4150
Fax: (02) 6247 3117
Email:
[email protected]
REPCON Confidential Reporting:1800 020 505.
I'll say it again. Only if enough people complain- in places where it will actually do some good as opposed to here on PPRUNE- will something be done.
Until that time I have a choice. I can operate as per the SOP and potentially affect someone else's night vision (although given how many lights there are around an airfield I'd find that doubtful anyway but I acknowledge the annoyance factor) or I can have tea and bikkies for not following the SOP that is supposedly worlds best practise and an FAA/ JAA recommendation.
Hmmm. Which should I choose.
If you think it is a not a good idea - don't do it.