It is long past time for Mineta to be surgically removed for the Cabinet. Laser surgery?
I was just reading more about it in another article.
Mineta's solution is for the pilots to just do lots of paperwork and report the incidents and avoid the area.
They should go and identify the origina and go after the perpetrators in real time.
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"Under the new guidelines issued Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration, pilots are to tell air traffic controllers about any laser beam sightings, and controllers will then notify the Domestic Events Network, an FAA-run program that began after the Sept. 11 attacks to keep law enforcement and intelligence agencies apprised of threats to the airspace. The network operates a phone bridge between those agencies that is monitored 24 hours a day.
Once the information comes in, the FAA will be responsible for getting it back out. Pilots in the immediate vicinity will be warned using a radio frequency that pilots dial in to get conditions at airports where they are landing. The system will broadcast a warning for at least one hour after the event.
Upon landing, pilots will complete a detailed form that asks the length of time of exposure, and whether the light seemed to follow or track the plane. The form will go to Domestic Events Network. The FAA added, "Pilots should avoid flight within areas of reported ongoing unauthorized laser activity to the extent practicable."
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-lilase0113,0,1983586.story?coll=ny-top-headlines