I got zapped turning onto the 01 LLZ at GLENN in BNE one evening several months ago. It came from a suburb just to the south of GLENN.
There was a NOTAM (or possibly a company INTAM) out at the time but has long since been removed (why???) warning us of the threat at ports around the country and instructing us to advise ATC with as much detail as possible. This was done and an ASIR was completed. ATC certainly took it seriously and we were assured by ATC and the company that local and federal police were taking it seriously too.
It was extremely distracting and I certainly hope they manage to catch these
heads but I acknowledge that's going to be pretty much impossible. They're probably just kids in their backyard and trying to get an accurate fix on their location, for the cops, as you're whizzing by half blind at 200kts is not an easy task.
A little media attention highlighting the danger and punishement for endangering the safety of air navigation is probably warranted.
