pointing lasers at aircraft

I sure did..just finished playing in fact haha

 

so I understand the point the pilots are making but to sort of play devil's advocate, what the hell would you be charged with? I mean IF the plane crashes because your being a dick with your laser pointer charge them with murder (2?) but mostly just wondering what is the jail able offense called and 2.5 years for a laser pointer? IMO should be more like 1000 hours of community service or something like that, but Im not a pilot (yet) after all.

 

manslaughter

 

Hazarding an aircraft in flight...it's serious shit.

Edit: And if you're questioning the seriousness of the charge, think of this: you have a multi-ton aircraft flying at several hundred miles an hour, full of people, and some dipshit blinds the flight crew with a laser...risking everyone on board AND on the ground in it's possible crash zone. While I was stationed in Whidbey Island, we had an officer that went out on TAD to the RCN (Royal Canadian Navy) to fly as an observer on helos for a few weeks; we got him back three weeks later, and he was medically DQ'd from flight status due to some shitbird flashing the helo with a laser. Got the pilot too, but missed the H2P (Co-pilot), so he was able to fly them back to base and land.

 

I knew it was illegal but I didn't realize how severe it really was.

 

pilots should be able to shine lasers back at the perps. that would really freak them out. or it just might initiate a mini light saber battle. haha

 

Imagine commercial aircraft armed with small laser pointer seeking missiles. It wouldn't take long before people stopped messing wit teh planes, would it?

 

wow really crazy shit. glad they caught him. fucking owned.

i got shined once while driving. middle of the night, fairly busy. had to be at least a mile away. fuck is hurt. easily could have caused an accident. shit was not cool. it was green too.

 

Love the video!

It's a felony, so you get some time w/the big boys.

Think about it - a laser is light, so the beam spreads at a distance, but much further away. By the time it gets to a plane, it's illuminating the entire window.

 

Stupid kids, I'm glad they got picked up by the police.

Spending time with the big boys??.... LOL

 

I do the same thing to people who drive around all night with their brights on, lasers and 250k candle watt spotlight

 

its dumb as hell and pointless so shoot a laser pointer at an aircraft, but 2-5 years and a FELONY seems pretty extreme.