Hi All... I'm a very soon to be commercial pilot (only 1 exam and a flight test left WOOHOO!) and I'm only flying little things that these laser owner have no interest in but what I really want to know is what is it like to be in the cockpit of an aircraft targeted by these lasers?
I mean how strong are they really and how much do they affect the vision? There have been quite a few of these attacks on the news in Australia and obviously the lasers are stronger than the tiny one I use to play with my kitten but what's it like? Does it blind you? Does it refract through the whole windscreen/cockpit making any sort of vision impossible or can you see if you put your hand in the way of the laser (not that you want to land a jet with one hand but you know what I mean)?