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View Poll Results: Your airline's policy on use of ice lights
My airline has a written policy: ON to enhance vis
16
69.57%
My airline has NO written policy. Most pilots put them ON
1
4.35%
My airline has a written policy which does not include ice lights
2
8.70%
My airline has NO written policy. Most pilots do NOT put them on.
4
17.39%
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Old 07-05-2014, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Voskhod View Post
Having them on when parked would most likely be for a MX check. I had a Sky West Mechanic refuse to turn off the strobes light on the aircraft he was working that was parked with is wing tip 20 feed away from me at ORD. He had them on for 10 min.
As a former Lead Mechanic for the majors, it was our policy to turn on anti-collisions anytime hydraulics were pressurized. We also would turn on all the lights while doing our walk-around line check. That would typically take 20 minutes or so.
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