Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
I've been blinded...we all have. Anytime the aircraft ahead of you pulls onto the runway, the lights come on. It looks like the general APC consensus says this is the safe and prudent thing to do. Well that aircraft pulling into position is usually directly in my field of vision, and those strobes clicking on certainly do blind me (and everyone else here) very temporarily.
Ya'll are so harsh...!
everyone on here is throwing the term blinded around like they weren't able to function and had to ask atc if they could hold their position because they cant see. i can honestly say the only time i have been "bugged" by someones strobes was when i was flying ga. i have been flying in the airlines for over 2 years now and have never felt blinded or even felt that my capacity to see was dimineshed.