Master switch left on...

[Greg_D]

1 hour ago, Ibra said:

A highlight moment of my night flying, I was asked by ATC to line up and hold on the runway after an airliner just landed, then the B737 was backtracking to vacate to some mid-point taxi while me and student were waiting for those 3 min of wake separation, the airliner pilots did the gentlemen move of switching their taxi/landing/strobe lights off and we followed their example 

I do get uneasy with strobes reflection on ground surfaces or flying in clouds and I tend to switch them off
I also get uneasy with propeller turning with sunshine and windshield glare but I don't have the courage to take action yet 

Mostly it's a courtesy to other pilots.  Some folks seem to think the strobes aren't blinding, but at the very least, they are disorienting.  I was always trained that the taxi lights are connected with an invisible string connected to the parking brake.  Brake off=lights on.  Brake on=lights off.  The exception being that you never illuminate your taxi light to point at another aircraft's cockpit.  Seems pretty simple and standard to me, but listening to radio work and watching how some pilots fly patterns, etc. makes it pretty clear that some are learning things contrary to the guidance published in the AIM!