RPTR SAYS THAT OMNIDIRECTIONAL APCH LIGHT SYS LOCATED NEAR RWY 26L RUNUP PAD INTERFERES WITH NIGHT VISION.

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WHILE WAITING FOR TKOF ON RWY 26L AT ELP; THE OMNIDIRECTIONAL APCH LIGHT SYS; SFL (RABBIT) STROBES RIGHT INTO YOUR EYES AT NIGHT. ALSO; THE REILS ARE STROBING RIGHT INTO YOUR EYES. I DON'T KNOW WHO DESIGNED AN ALS THAT BLINDS PLTS WHILE THEY'RE SITTING #1 FOR TKOF; BUT IT'S BAD. PERHAPS A 'BLINDER' OR SOMETHING COULD BE PUT ON THE SIDE/POS THAT WOULD HELP TO SHIELD THE PLT WHO'S ABOUT TO BLAST OFF INTO THE DARK NIGHT AFTER HAVING TO STARE AT THE STROBING LIGHTS A FEW FT AWAY. I STILL DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE OF A 'RABBIT' THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BACK SIDE; ANYWAY?! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FROM THE RPTR'S STANDPOINT; THE OMNIDIRECTIONAL APCH LIGHT SYS IS TOO BRIGHT AND DISTRACTING AND IT REDUCES A PLT'S NIGHT VISION WHEN HE HAS TO HOLD ON THE TXWY ADJACENT TO THE LIGHTS. HOWEVER ATCT PERSONNEL FEEL THAT THE LIGHTS SERVE A GOOD PURPOSE AND IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE TO MOVE THEM E OF THE RWY 26L THRESHOLD. THERE ARE 2 LIGHTS; ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RWY.