Cant agree-
making a false claim or accusation would NOT only get you NO reward it is , in itself a crime.
A conviction would be highly unlikely and i imagine only reported lasings by the pilots would need to be done to get a conviction-- no conviction- no reward- like it or not its far better than doing nothing..
The lasing must be intentional if i read the law correctly--
Hunters routinely report poachers ..
its not all that different IMHO.
just 'wishing' they would stop poaching is NOT going to make them stop.
hak
Prove that the report was made maliciously though. Not so easy.
In any case the report will be investigated, which could lead to unnecessary hassle and harassment of an innocent person. I'm completely against that.
The constant lying on the part of the government and the utter contempt they have for the people just adds to the problem, "ZOMGZ BLINDING LAZERZ" is what people think when they see those videos, when the reality is that all the pilot sees is a distant beam and maybe a millisecond-duration flash if that beam passes across his eyes. It is virtually impossible to hold a laser on target on an aircraft unless you mount it on something like a camcorder tripod. Either that or the host is massive and you're bracing it on your shoulder or something, and at that point it's not just some idiot playing with a laser, it becomes a bona fide attack, with clear intent. Most of the so-called "attacks" fall squarely into the "idiots playing around" category; slap them with a $500 fine and leave it at that.
Most of the time the pilot isn't even flying the plane, he's just watching the instruments and making sure the flight management computer (autopilot) doesn't screw up. Even complicated go-around maneuvers can be programmed into the FMC and it will fly the whole thing on auto.
Make no mistake, lasing any sort of vehicle is stupid and wrong, but so are the blatant lies. Call me a conspiracy theorist but to me it's just one more aspect of the transition to dictatorship and the militarist/police state. It bothers me.
Actually, I think lasing cars is FAR worse than lasing planes, because cars are under direct human control, and the driver can react reflexively and crash into something, hurting themselves and quite possibly someone else. That is a much bigger problem, imho... but how often do you hear about cars getting lased? Not that often. Formulate an explanation as to why that is, especially considering that cars are orders of magnitude more common than aircraft. No, really, think on that for a minute.
Lasing light aircraft (no autopilot in most cases) is also worse than lasing a jetliner, but lasing a car is still worse. Yet it's always airliners, airliners, airliners. Because airline pilots are SPOILED ROTTEN BRATS who complain about ANYTHING no matter how minor; normal people just chalk up bad behavior to people being stupid, then they go on with their lives.
Lastly, airline pilots are trained to do EVERYTHING, from landing in crap weather and cross-winds to executing engine-out landings. If they can be trained to handle those things, they can SURELY be trained to ignore idiots with lasers. Think about it - they're flying big shiny flashy things, and everyone knows that nothing attracts idiots like big shiny flying flashy things. EXPECT IT and learn to deal, imho; it's the same concept behind why I ignore police cars and tailgaters when they get right behind me... my job is to DRIVE THE CAR and do it safely, no matter what, so that is what I do. If an imbecile like myself can learn that on my own, then airline pilots have no excuses.
