uhm, i don't think anyone on here said to turn the strobes on while you are taxiing around the airport. if you were to ask that same faa guy the question the correct way i am sure he would agree with 99% of the guys on here. if you are going onto a runway for any reason be it crossing, position and hold, take off, etc, etc, the strobes are on.

if he still disagrees tell him to read his faa approved material.

1.
http://www.tc.faa.gov/logistics/gran...tyTemplate.pdf

2.
. The degree of impairment depends on the intensity and duration of the exposure. Brief flashes from high-intensity, white (xenon) strobe lights, which are commonly used as anticollision lights on aircraft, have a smaller effect on night vision since their energy pulses are of short duration (milliseconds).

http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviat...1%20Vision.doc

3.
http://www.tc.faa.gov/acb300/techrep...T-TN-05-18.pdf

please read these things and tell me that the faa doesn't want you to turn your strobes on when entering a runway for any reason.

READ PAGES 65, IT IS STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR AMERICAN, CONTINENTAL, NORTHWEST, UNITED to turn their strobe lights on when going onto a runway for any reason.

now i ask you to use common sense. no one said to have the strobe lights on while just taxiing around the airport. and ALL OF THE REPORTS SAY to use judgement when operating the strobes. so that is all you have to do. like i said it is now standard procedure for most of the majors to have them on anytime you are on a runway.. nuff said.