Nocarsgo... Thats an interesting perspective from the FAA which I do not disagree with, and interesting from a bird strike point of veiw, that something I had not considered.
Regard the life of landing lights, I puzzled as to why they have such a short life, as I have only had to change a headlamp bulb on my car once in the last ten years, so why do aircraft landing light have such a short life, or it that a myth. I think LED technology is the answer.
In relation to bose, it simply wrong if an aircraft is designed in a way that landing lights can only be displayed when the gear is down.