As long as these devices can be purchased in ever bigger quantities with ever more quality for €5 on any holiday resort location in EU and beyond, intended for fun use in local nightlife, or in stationary shops to assist in those presentations given to anyone form students to the board of directors...
These attacks will continue to happen.
The public cannot be taught because some:
- don't want to listen;
- don't want to accept it's dangerous;
- think it's funny;
- practice to see if they can shine on that fast approaching aircraft having tried it on cars before...
We can and should all try and arrest the guy behind it.
But when approaching an airport at 140kts ground speed below 500ft AAL and a laser is shone at you from your 10 o'clock position in a residential area, it is hard enough to remain stabilized on approach with the distraction of a light show in the flight deck, let alone be expected to identify the location of the offenders so the police can go look for some possibly kids having acquired a laser during their last holiday playing on a street corner.