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Old 07-04-2012 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by seafeye
Last night i was behind a Republic 170 (CLT 18L) about to take off. The pilot didn't turn on his strobes till after he rotated.

Class act.

Thank You,
tell that to the 737 crew or Skywest crew who got landed on by 737 at LAX killing dozens because the controller screwed up and cleared them to land when Skywest was on the runway. Had the 737 seen the strobes of the aircraft on the runway they may have gone around. I believe that is straight out of the NTSB report. How bout not staring at the strobes if it bothers you????? or if you thing they might be turning them on as they take the runway, look away! you don't have to watch them position and hold. My strobes are always on when I take the runway for this very reason, or of someone decides to pull in from of me while I'm doing 130 kts down the runway...that little flash of light might be all that saves the day.

Last edited by mooney; 07-04-2012 at 11:32 AM.