He was somewhat peeved that I
ruined his night vision at just the wrong time as he was approaching
the field. I will never do that again...

I would have politely told the Lear pilot that he needs to get a
life... Other pilots using a public airport with PCL are going to set
the lights the way THEY want them... If his delicate vison can't
handle it he has no business being out there...
I wonder when going into JFK or ORD he orders the controllers to dim
the airport to protect his precious night vision - can you imagine the
controllers response to that, not to mention a sky full of stair
stepped airliners all aiming for the rabbit...

I do agree that turning on expensive airport lights just for yucks, is
not called for... But, the real issue is that someone at 2400 agl
doing a night approach and clicking for the runway lighting is going
to activate every other PCL on that frequency within a 20+ mile
radius... Can't be helped...

denny