If it's SOP then you're snookered, BUT I would have though some airmanship would dictate you switch it off if it's about to blind some poor guy you're taxiing past. I'm yet to see a company that doesn't use the taxi light, yet most guys usually switch it off if you're approaching head on as a courtesy until you've past!
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Just carry one of those 2 million candle power flashlights around with you. Next time you get blinded at the holding point, point and illuminate!!! You'll certainly get some attention...
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Can't help myself.
ICAO Recommendation, taken up by FAA, Euro whatsy and whoever's in charge of Australian Regulation this week, and we're going to adhere to it, or not, depending on how we feel.? Tad difficult to defend, I suspect:E |
If it's SOP then you're snookered, BUT I would have though some airmanship would dictate you switch it off if it's about to blind some poor guy you're taxiing past. I'm yet to see a company that doesn't use the taxi light, yet most guys usually switch it off if you're approaching head on as a courtesy until you've past! This policy is clearly far from optimal, as all this butthurt indicates. And it's probably worse by a 737 as those lights are very bright and at a bad angle (would love em as a taxi light, a little better than the 'torch'), but do you really think assuming these blokes(&blokettes) are just being arrogant and venting on pprune is the best strategy? Man up and put in some paper! Give the suckers in the office some work to do! :) /rant. (bloody EPs study!!) |
Sykes good to see that you have a firm grasp of the English lingo and one day that fact might earn you the privi to blind others or be blinded, 'till then tallyho.
Keg, it looks like it has been a while for you, but despite what the ''Eurochantels'' say, BA aren't lit up nor are the stateside carriers or any of the other carriers that you mention especially at Sydney, however logic seems to prevail over recommendations. It is a recommendation and not a mandate. A change comes from within.I don't want to tarnish everyone at the Q with the same brush of illogic but the regulars on here seem to be out to justify the unjustifiable. Like most things it will take a lot of effort to change something through the channels especially if there is a lone voice. PPRUNe might just be able to convey the message and evoke the logic from some in the know,wouldn't it? Post a copy of this argument/plea in your crew room just like you have done with the post of the grateful passenger and his kid. |
Numerous times I have been ready in turn for take off behind a Qantas 737 |
You don't think this issue didn't get discussed on Qrewroom? It did. Line drivers lost. The end. It's over.
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Sykes good to see that you have a firm grasp of the English lingo and one day that fact might earn you the privi to blind others or be blinded, 'till then tallyho. don't grasp the lingo too firmly now :rolleyes: |
funnier!
Maybe we can get to funniest by the end of the night?? :\
Sykes good to see that you have a firm grasp of the English lingo and one day that fact might earn you the privi to blind others or be blinded, 'till then tallyho. FWIW, the "light twins" I fly often find me being blinded by QF aircraft. What do I do? I LOOK AWAY! :hmm: I also realised that at the big Q, most people do as they are told, whether they agree or not. Ergo, if these a/c have their wing/ice lights on, then they are doing it because there has been a change in their SOP's. I'm pretty certain that the individual pilots don't get much of a say in these. I don't want to tarnish everyone at the Q with the same brush of illogic but the regulars on here seem to be out to justify the unjustifiable. They've also pointed out to you that they've also complained, etc, without any change to the policy! PPRUNe might just be able to convey the message and evoke the logic from some in the know,wouldn't it? keep it coming... |
Laureate Sykes, Ai iz not trying to be funny, but thank you for thy suggestive,superlative and illuminating methodology.
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Strobes on ground
Mount Cook's ATR72's have white strobing beacons.
Typical fuzzy early morning at NZCH few weeks back, behind one at hold and had to ask atc to get him to turn it off. Was flashing straight at us as we are about his tail height. Think they have a the ability to turn the tail one off and leave the belly one on. They are easy to spot at night when everythings flashing. Ever been close to an A380 - dunno how many 'wing lights' they have, but they are very Las Vegas like at night! Though the LED's are cool!:ok: |
At PR it used to be SOP to turn on the wing lights along with the landing lights just before takeoff and leave them on until TOC. They came on again at TOD and stayed on until vacating the runway. This was applicable day and night!
Now they're on from pushback until 10,000 feet and from 10,000 feet until parking, but only at night. Speculation about why the SOP was changed ranged from compliance with ICAO SARPs to saving money on light bulbs. |
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