Originally Posted by
FlyerJosh
I use the ice light because it is just another light to see, and it's pointed in a useful direction (outward). Light bulbs are cheap- especially when compared with the costs of injury from evasive maneuver or collision.
He was talking about ice lights when instructed to taxi into position and hold....do you find that a lot of people line up for landing perpendicular to the wrong runway and are going to land sideways on you???
Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
The Ice Lights certainly are useful...like any other light on the aircraft. No need to justify it.
I could care less about strobes. But when I'm #1 for departure waiting for the guy on the runway to get outta there and his ice lights are on while he's just sitting there is retarded. The only person that's seeing you to avoid you is the guy waiting for you to leave. But hey, more light is great!