Originally Posted by
Sir George Cayley
On Boeings and Airbus in civilian guise anti collision lights are selected separately to any powered up status. On stand anti colls on means don't approach to ground crew.
Once powered up and ready to pushback - on go the anti colls. On entering a runway whether to take off or cross, on go the strobes.
THere again, what happens at Brize.....
SGC
Very good point about anti collision lights ... in the civilian ground service environment it is not uncommon for company procedures to rely on anti-col as means of determining if ground staff should approach an aircraft, or not.