Gear down mitigates votexes but to a negligible degree.
unless it is an A388 or B748...
Much better chance of getting clobbered if you are answer A for certain!
I was at the wakenet US, the FAA presented the new guidance for wake encounter mitigation for drivers...
The guidance made the mistake of saying watch the leader depart, and rotate before that point....the rep for A went ballistic...yelling, "you rotate when the ac tells you to rotate"...that guidance is bull****.... oh well.
on the short final issue, if you are that close, technically, wouldnt your FAF move to the beginning of the turn, so that you still have decision and the stabilized approach? FROP is 500 feet min, but you also must have 30 seconds of stabilized approach....FAP would be where you intercept the glideslope, and FAF is not coincident?