Air carrier landing runway 22R at ord voiced concern regarding the activated lahso lights on the run...

Narrative:

As [it] has happened many times in the past; ord tower is operating landing to [runway] 22R with an incorrect; in fact far violating; lighting configuration. Frequently; the lahso lights on 22R short of [runway] 27L are on. There is no mention of lahso operations. Usually; I bring it to the attention of the controller and he turns them off. This individual refused to do so and has refused to do so on many occasions. His answer is always the same; 'they are always on.' well; they are not always on. He is just too lazy to cross the room and turn them off. In fact; I am at a loss to understand why anyone turned them on in the first place; unless this controller just turns them on for his shift in case lahso operations become necessary later. That way he would not have to get up; cross the room; and turn them on. This is a significant safety issue. This individual is negatively training aircrew to ignore the lahso lighting system; someday; they will. Operating a runway lighting system in violation of the defined configuration is a violation of FAA SOP. I have brought this issue to the attention of this particular controller many; many times.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier landing Runway 22R at ORD voiced concern regarding the activated LAHSO lights on the runway short of Runway 27L; noting the lights should be off if LAHSO operations are not being conducted.

Narrative: As [it] has happened many times in the past; ORD Tower is operating landing to [Runway] 22R with an incorrect; in fact FAR violating; lighting configuration. Frequently; the LAHSO lights on 22R short of [Runway] 27L are on. There is no mention of LAHSO operations. Usually; I bring it to the attention of the Controller and he turns them off. This individual refused to do so and has refused to do so on many occasions. His answer is always the same; 'They are always on.' Well; they are not always on. He is just too lazy to cross the room and turn them off. In fact; I am at a loss to understand why anyone turned them on in the first place; unless this Controller just turns them on for his shift in case LAHSO operations become necessary later. That way he would not have to get up; cross the room; and turn them on. This is a significant safety issue. This individual is negatively training aircrew to ignore the LAHSO lighting system; someday; they will. Operating a runway lighting system in violation of the defined configuration is a violation of FAA SOP. I have brought this issue to the attention of this particular Controller many; many times.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	980536
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 400 Flight Crew Total 25500 Flight Crew Type 6800
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Air carrier landing runway 22R at ord voiced concern regarding the activated lahso lights on the runway short of runway 27L; noting the lights should be off if lahso operations are not being conducted.