I'll eat crow if they were in a line on a runway being utilized as a taxiway.

The original post said several radio calls were made about the strobes. Unlikely that would happen if it was a proper use of them.

People have done that to aircraft in position and hold... and complained about it here!

Like I wrote earlier, anyone who critiques a pilot for flipping on the strobes while sitting on the active waiting for departure is a dangerous clown. AA and it's step children seem to be overrun with these Bozos based on my experience in CLT and PHL. Mine will always be on. Don't like 'em? Don't look at 'em.

that's a lot posts dedicated to strobes...

Welcome to APC! In general, the number of posts on a subject varies inversely with the subject's importance.

It has gotten far too excessive and is rampant all over the whole eastern seaboard. The FCC is clamping down finally. No more guard idiocy.

https://www.fcc.gov/document/enforce...gency-use-only

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Rele...A-17-747A1.pdf

Triangulation and correlation with ADS-B data would be easy, so finally the tools will have to be quiet.

No critique from me. My memory from my pax days at UAL is fading but I think that was procedure at the time. I'd say it's probably the safer option, IMO.

FWIW, FedEx procedures call for wing illumination and taxi light for line up and wait. Forward facing landing lights and strobes once cleared for takeoff. I think we're the minority from what I see around the industry. It seems to come from an over-exuberance directed toward the preservation of night vision (probably started when it was almost exclusively night ops and little to no inbound traffic when we were flying). Old habits seem to die hard there.

After the SFO incident it may be worth having them on when #1...

I would never "line up and wait" without strobes on past civil twilight, feel too vulnerable.

Amen...........


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