Laser on a Plane

[wowzer]

space-time wrote:
Because of the distance to airplane is large and most idiots hand-held these lasers, they can't point it steady at the cockpit, they probably move it around all over the place, so pilots are affected only a short time, but if some idiot mounts this on some sort of device that is able to track the airplane, it could be much worse.

and finally, it is not only the pilots that are in danger, the aircraft probably has various sensors that can be affected by laser light as well.

This simply has to stop. I am not sure if a ban on portable lasers is the answer here, but it may be that we reach that stage. How does this compare to the gun debate in US? Do we ban guns? do we ban lasers?

Ugh...watch those knuckle heads in ISIS pick up on this thread. I'm sure they will want to blind pilots as they land.