Do you happen to know what that rate is? 1 pulse per second? I'll probably just get out and do some plane spotting to measure it.
Do not know. Probably 1 to 2 seconds.
From outboard to inboard there is outboard landing light which you must extend then there is the inboard landing light, and finally closest to the fuselage the "runway turnoff light", correct?
Yes
As you descend through transition, you set the landing lights into "mid-position", making the inboard landing and rwy turnoff pulse. (By the way, is this the long landing lights switch on the overhead panel? Are they all 3-position? I thought they had 2 positions.)
SWA procedure landing lights on/off at 18,000ft.
Switch has been changed to 3-position.
At what point to you generally extend the outboards? At what point to you turn them on, thus disabling pulse? In your comments, you stated:
When flaps are extended. (pilots discretion). Anytime it is dark the procedure is to have the lights steady for takeoff and landing. At any other time it is pilot discretion.
If you place the Inboards to ON, pulse system is turn off.
Yes. Full forward then all lights revert their normal function.
Well, if it's not to much trouble, I'm wondering what the procedure with lights is from the gate. Like turning on the rotating beacons to indicate engine start etc.
Position lights are on all the time.
Beacon is on at push-back and/or engine start.
Wing illumination lights are not normally used.
Strobe is on when cleared on the runway. At night captain's discretion, turned on during takeoff roll.