[PGR88]

it can blind, temporarily, or disorient the pilot...very dangerous....and illegal.

Absolutely ridiculous. As if a kid (or terrorist) with a pen laser is going to hit the eye of a pilot in a jet traveling 500 mph at several thousand feet

[xone]

For airliners, it is about the landing pattern.

[terycarl]

bsolutely ridiculous. As if a kid (or terrorist) with a pen laser is going to hit the eye of a pilot in a jet traveling 500 mph at several thousand feet

not ridiculous at all, happens all the time....besides, this story concerned a helicoptor pilot, very low, very slow.....and it is still illegal and DANGEROUS...