John Pennekamp
I'd rather be here...
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Where do you think the stock market is going? Where should I put my hard earned money?
I'd love to visit Bavaria.
You seem to be missing the point...I don't think the problem is with having strobes on on the actual runway, just the incondsiderate guys who have a chubby to get the strobes on while still on the taxiway(you know the ones...
I was good friends of the Skyw metro crew that are no longer with us thanks to controller error(by the way, it wouldn't have made any difference if their strobes were on or off)!
If it was a Pinnacle airplane, then if could have been me that b!tched at you, and I stand by it. Don't blind people with your dang strobe lights. There's a reason that Airbuses have automatic strobes that only come on with weight off wheels.
Saw SWA sit at the gate (daytime) for a quick turn at BHM yesterday....had it's stobes on the entire time at the gate.
I can see you now, like one of those deer staring at head lights. Your stupid arse just staring at strobe lights.
BTW They come on with WoW because it also turns on the FDR.
OK, I stand corrected: Most REGIONALS require strobes on for runway ops. The only majors who do this are Jetblue and United. DL, CO, AA, US, AWA etc all turn on their strobes with T/O clearance, as it should be. The wing inspection/runway turnoff/taxi lights are more than enough for someone to see you on final at night.
On the MD80s I fly, you can't even turn on the strobes, they come on automatically with weight-on-wheels at rotation and come off on touchdown, as it should be.
Now stop blinding us, beotches!