Logo Lights????

[slaabpilot]

Can anyone tell me where it says that LOGO LIGHTS are required on 121 aircraft??????


Thanks.

 

[T-Gates]

Can anyone tell me where it says that LOGO LIGHTS are required on 121 aircraft??????


Thanks.

Absolutely nowhere....cause they aren't

 

[slaabpilot]

Why are they even installed if Logo lights are not required???

 

[T-Gates]

Vanity....thats it.

 

[firstthird]

Actually, logo lights are a good safety tool for taking and crossing runways. A spill of white light on that big vertical stab makes an aircraft more easily seen vs. the red and green and white position lights (which don't exactly stand out on a runway with green taxi, red terminating bars and white centerline lights; not to mention strobes look a lot like REILs)

Maybe they don't help all that much, but any little bit that might avoid two planes trying to occupy the same space at the same time is a good thing (to quote our favorite jailed homemaking maven)

Now, whether or not the designers put them on planes as a vanity light only or as a safety measure, couldn't tell you.

 

[mmmdonut]

Why are they even installed if Logo lights are not required???

Is the coffee maker required?

How about the DirecTV?

Or the sanitary napkins in the lav?

 

[typhoonpilot]

Why are they even installed if Logo lights are not required???

My company requires them to be turned on at night in flight. The reason being that we fly all over the world and often times very close to war zones or disputed borders. If we are ever intercepted, the interceptor will be able to see very clearly who we are and that we pose no threat. One must wonder if KAL 007 had logo lights on what might have happened differently.

Typhoonpilot

 

[Guitar Guy]

Might have some of the 121 guys and gals around here check their company's MEL for this one.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

ASA recently had all of their logo lights disabled.

 

[flx757]

Might have some of the 121 guys and gals around here check their company's MEL for this one.

My company's MEL for the aircraft I am assigned to (MD-80) says:

MEL 33-23 Tail Illumination Lights (Logo)
Qty Installed--2
Qty Required--0
Category--D
Flight Crew Placarding--Yes
Remarks and Exceptions--May be inoperative.
Placarding--Adjacent to affected light switch.