B727 FLC LANDED ON RWY 22L AT BOS AND FOUND A SMALL ACFT ON THE RWY AT THE LAHSO LIGHTS. THE LNDG B727 WAS NOT GIVEN A LAHSO HOLD SHORT CLRNC.

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B727 TO BOS; SECOND NIGHT OF TRIP. CAPT RETURNING FROM 10 WKS OFF FOR SURGERY. FO AND SO RETURNING FROM VACATION. SO ALSO CONDUCTING IOE WITH NEW CREW MEMBER. ATIS RPTING LAHSO IN USE RWY 22L. I CHKED IN TWICE WITH TWR BEFORE BEING CLRED TO LAND (NO LAHSO CLRNC ISSUED). WE APPEARED TO BE THE ONLY ACFT ARRIVING BECAUSE OUR CLRNC WAS THE ONLY COM BROADCAST UNTIL AFTER LNDG. LAHSO LIGHTS WERE ON; AND DIDN'T SEEM UNIFORM ACROSS THE RWY. AT APPROX 400 FT I TOLD THE CAPT I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE ON THE RWY. HE DISMISSED ME AND CONTINUED FLYING INBOUND. AGAIN AT APPROX 200 FT I SAID I THOUGHT I SAW AN AIRPLANE AT THE LAHSO LIGHTS. HE SAID 'NO THERE'S NOT -- YOU'RE DISTRACTING ME!' IN HINDSIGHT; I SHOULD HAVE CALLED THE GAR OR CALLED THE TWR; BUT I WASN'T GETTING ANY INPUT FROM THE OTHER 2 PLTS AND THOUGHT I MUST BE MISTAKEN. WE LANDED AND UPON ROLLOUT DISCOVERED A SMALL ACFT BARELY TAXIING ON THE RWY BEYOND THE LAHSO LIGHTS; APPARENTLY LOST. THE CTLR MUST HAVE SEEN THIS AS WELL WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE US EXIT AND TAXI INSTRUCTIONS; BECAUSE HE SOUNDED INCREDULOUS THAT THIS GUY WAS SOMEHOW STILL THERE AND ISSUED FIRM TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO HIM. THE PLT OF THE LIGHT ACFT HAD A FOREIGN ACCENT AND MUST HAVE BEEN CONFUSED WITH THE LAHSO LIGHTS AND PARKED HIMSELF THERE MAYBE THINKING HE HAD GONE OFF THE END. OUR FE'S HAD NEVER SEEN LAHSO LIGHTS BEFORE; AND THE OTHER PLANE'S WEAK STROBE BLENDED IN WITH THEM. TALKING WITH BOTH FE'S AFTER THE FLT; THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HEAR ME QUESTIONING THE CAPT WITH THE NOISE OF THE JET. I THINK PLTS AND CTLRS ALIKE ARE IN A LEARNING PHASE OF LAHSO PROCS. IN THIS INSTANCE; THE LIGHTS WERE DISTRACTING AND THE OTHER ACFT WOULD HAVE BEEN VISIBLE WITHOUT THEM. I'VE LEARNED IF SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT; IT PROBABLY ISN'T. FORTUNATELY; NO ONE WAS HURT IN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CREW WAS FLYING A B727-200 ACFT. SHE STATED THERE IS NO INFO IN THE COMPANY FOM REGARDING HOLD SHORT LIGHTING OR SIGNS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CREW HAD SEEN THE HOLD SHORT LIGHTING ILLUMINATED. SINCE IT WAS NIGHTTIME; IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE SMALL ACFT AGAINST THE HOLD SHORT LIGHTING. THE CAPT WAS DESCRIBED AS A 'COWBOY' IN HIS STYLE OF FLYING. HIS ADHERENCE TO SOP OP LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED. RPTR THINKS THAT A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF HOLD SHORT OP IS NEEDED ALONG WITH A DETAILED PICTURE OF HOLD SHORT LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF THE HOLD SHORT LIGHTING IS ILLUMINATED; BUT NO HOLD SHORT CLRNC IS GIVEN? ON CALLBACK WITH THE FLT INFO DESIGN SPECIALIST WITH THE COMMERCIAL CHART PUBLISHER; IT WAS INDICATED THE LAHSO BRIEFING BULLETIN HAS BEEN REMOVED AND IS NO LONGER CURRENT. THE ANALYST STATED HE ATTENDED A MEETING WITH THE FAA TO REVISE THE LAHSO INFO. AT THE END OF THE MEETING; THE FAA REPRESENTATIVE TOLD THE ATTENDEES THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS NOW WITHDRAWN. THE COMMERCIAL CHARTING PUBLISHER HAS NO CURRENT INFO PUBLISHED ON THE SUBJECT.