Originally Posted by aa73

I was recently lobbying for AA to incorporate some kind of "lights on" policy when taking, and crossing, runways. It went nowhere. We have pretty much zero guidance on illuminating our lights when crossing runways, so if you ever see a dark aircraft crossing the runway you are holding on, chances are it is an AA aircraft. You've been warned!

At my last airline (ACA) you NEVER crossed a runway without turning all lights on. I think that is standard everywhere.

Same with "line up and wait." It's been my experience that all airlines turn strobe lights on when in "line up and wait." Except AA - we only turn strobes on when actual takeoff clearance is received. Not realizing that having the strobes on could potentially save a collision from someone trying to land on your runway. But, their opinion is that "we don't want to blind everyone."

On our A320 fleet, they just leave the strobe light switch in Auto or whatever, so they are never flashing on the ground. Another silly procedure. As I understand it, on the A320 you can manually have them on.

AA has the most non-standard lights policy I've ever seen. Just one thing on a long list of stuff we do differently!

We do have a "taxi light On" policy when moving so I guess we're standard on that.