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I'm more curious about this "Don't approach a plane until the beacon light turns off" system. Is this standardized or widely used? Because it sounds like a terr
by i_am_jl 3y ago
I'm more curious about this "Don't approach a plane until the beacon light turns off" system. Is this standardized or widely used? Because it sounds like a terrible design.
If you've got one signal light to signal the state of a system it should turn on when safe and off when unsafe, so when the light is obscured or the lamp fails someone doesn't walk into a running jet engine.
To be clear I don't have any information that's not in the article. I don't know if there was a system failure or what the nature of that failure might be. All I'm saying is that the description of a procedure where a people approach jets when the you're-in-mortal-peril-light goes out gives me goosebumps. My entirely uninformed opinion is that OSHA might feel the same way.
- kotaKat 3y agoBeacon on at engine start is standard procedure for most if not all jets and is ingrained into people's heads that you do not enter the danger zone if that beacon is lit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-collision_light https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-collision_light
- willcipriano 3y agoWhen my stove top is hot, the light is on. When the light is on, they are recording. Pretty typical ux.
- i_am_jl 3y agoThat seems a bit confused, no? I mean, I'm not arguing with the usefulness of a big, bright beacon that says "DANGER". I'm just sort of shocked that... that's it? No positive confirmation that it's actually safe? Just the lack of a danger signal? If I lived in a place that signaled traffic with a red light for stop and no light for go, I would drive a lot less.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoI think it's pretty much standard practice in American and European commercial aviation, but I don't know about everywhere else.