Static discharges occur most frequently in showery clouds near freezing temperatures. When in areas with considerable lightning or potential discharge, what action is recommended?

Static discharges occur most frequently in showery clouds near freezing temperatures. When in areas with considerable lightning or potential discharge, what action is recommended?

• A. Turn up instrument lighting to prevent temporary blindness
• B. Turn down instrument lighting
• C. Increase airspeed to pass lightning
• D. Maintain current lighting

Answer: (A)

In areas with significant lightning or potential discharge, the goal is to keep your cockpit instruments easily readable so you can maintain situational awareness even if a bright lightning flash briefly affects your vision. Turning up the instrument lighting helps ensure gauges and displays stay legible during these flashes, making it easier to monitor flight data and maintain control. Turning up lighting directly supports this readability; other actions don’t address the visibility issue. Increasing airspeed to outrun lightning isn’t a guaranteed or safe solution to the electrical hazard, and changing or maintaining the lighting level wouldn’t help if a flash briefly blinds or momentarily obscures your view of the instruments.

In areas with significant lightning or potential discharge, the goal is to keep your cockpit instruments easily readable so you can maintain situational awareness even if a bright lightning flash briefly affects your vision. Turning up the instrument lighting helps ensure gauges and displays stay legible during these flashes, making it easier to monitor flight data and maintain control.

Turning up lighting directly supports this readability; other actions don’t address the visibility issue. Increasing airspeed to outrun lightning isn’t a guaranteed or safe solution to the electrical hazard, and changing or maintaining the lighting level wouldn’t help if a flash briefly blinds or momentarily obscures your view of the instruments.