Sorry, couldnt help myself.

 

Good stuff.

On a similar note Steve Jobs said that as long as everyone on one team is good at their job then there is no strife and performance is excellent. As soon as you get one person that is lacking then it falls apart.

After hearing that I've noticed very clearly how true this is in our profession. Look around the next time you're on a flight and someone (pilot or FA) is weak and everyone else is strong. It's an unhappy crowd.

 

Speaking of Steve Jobs...did you know the average Apple assembler works 9hrs longer than the iPhone battery?

 

Actually the other lights on the aircraft affected your night vision more than the strobes would have, this includes NAV and Wing inspection lights.

Dark adaptation is the process by which the eyes increase their sensitivity to low levels of illumination. The human eye takes time to adjust to the dark. Your eyes' pupils expand to nearly their full nighttime size (7 mm) within seconds whenever you step out into the dark. But the most important part of dark adaptation involves chemical changes in the retina, and these require many minutes. After spending 15 minutes in total darkness you might think your night vision is fully developed. But in fact your eyes gain another two magnitudes of sensitivity - a factor of six - during the next 15 minutes. Thereafter, dark adaptation improves very slightly for 90 minutes more. So don't expect to see faint objects at their best until a half hour or more into an observing session. In the first 30 minutes the eye's sensitivity increases 10,000 fold, with little gain after that. Dark adaptation approaches it's maximum level in approximately 30 to 45 minutes under minimal light conditions. If the eyes are then exposed to a bright light, their sensitivity is temporarily impaired, the degree of which depends on the intensity and duration of the exposure. Brief flashes from high-intensity strobe lights have been shown to have little effect on night vision. This is because the pulses of energy are of such short duration (milliseconds). Durations of bright light lasting one second or longer, however, can seriously impair night vision.

Tips for observing

 

I saw that right away. But I could see how it could be taken the wrong way by some readers.
The post from "WHAT" is very informative. Good to know facts.

 

Like a GoJet thread...I'm in before the lock.

 

Dude you gotta remember when you say "GoJet" its like the bat signal for me.

Come on

IN

 

Good god I home the OP is not serious.

Though this reminds me of the time gojets was on the runway early one morning, then after cleared for take off, G7 has a problem that would only take 2 minutes. A second later a puff of smoke came out the engine as it was being started... Haha

 

It's almost as if MW went to G7 instead of Compass....

 

Informative post by What, hopefully that sheds some light to the OP's way.