Julietpapa
New Member
Hey guys & gals....
I found out a couple of interesting procedures in our operating manuals and want to know your opinion.
1. The MD80 has these little retractable wing landing lights under each wing tip. It also has a dim/bright nose gear light. After having been on this airplane for over three years, I have come to notice that maybe 10% of our captains actually use those wing landing lights for TO and Landing, all they use is the Bright position on the nose light. So I look into the expanded section in our manual, and it actually says that captains should "limit the use of the wing landing lights" because of vibration (they vibrate when extended) and reduced fuel usage. They also don't want the ground flood/wing/nacelle lights (on each side of the fuselage) used for day operations, just at night.
All other MD80 operators are required to use all lights for TO and landing.. wonder why we have to do it different. Seems to me that see and be seen is the best option. Comments, suggestions, opinions?
I found out a couple of interesting procedures in our operating manuals and want to know your opinion.
1. The MD80 has these little retractable wing landing lights under each wing tip. It also has a dim/bright nose gear light. After having been on this airplane for over three years, I have come to notice that maybe 10% of our captains actually use those wing landing lights for TO and Landing, all they use is the Bright position on the nose light. So I look into the expanded section in our manual, and it actually says that captains should "limit the use of the wing landing lights" because of vibration (they vibrate when extended) and reduced fuel usage. They also don't want the ground flood/wing/nacelle lights (on each side of the fuselage) used for day operations, just at night.
All other MD80 operators are required to use all lights for TO and landing.. wonder why we have to do it different. Seems to me that see and be seen is the best option. Comments, suggestions, opinions?