As this thread shows, the threat of laser attack becomes greater each day. I have been "illuminated" many times, in many places but the ones I can remember are in MME (had a word with Special Branch, house visited etc.) and in AMS from a moving car. I (and the rest of the occupants) were lucky as nobody was injured but the thing that is most likely is temporary blindness and distraction, both of which are potentially lethal to airliners. Apart from the miscreants having parts of their anatomy removed, what I would like to see is aircraft modified so that a very unambiguous A/P engage button is installed. It should be designed so that the A/P is selectable with eyes shut so that at least you can engage the thing and perform a go around (or in the case of F70/100 fly the thing reasonably well).
PM