I have heard conflicting opinions on this and as yet am undecided! I'm told at night landing lights on the types such as twins and small turboprops are so close together as to distract the pilots attention during flare by creating a false focal point that can lead to pilots stacking the nose gear in first. I can understand this in fog or snow showers but have never encountered a problem myself during half decent visibillity. Why would manufacturers bother fitting them if they were not necessary? Air traffic must like us to use them for identification purposes. There is no problem landing without them but I was just curious to hear other peoples opinions and various company ideas on this subject.......
