Originally Posted by
Voskhod
Having them on when parked would most likely be for a MX check. I had a Sky West Mechanic refuse to turn off the strobes light on the aircraft he was working that was parked with is wing tip 20 feed away from me at ORD. He had them on for 10 min.
I'd almost buy that if it wasn't half the aircraft that were taxiing (not crossing a runway).