Originally Posted by
G0ULI
I speak as someone who has experienced high intensity laser light being shone directly into the eye. An unpleasant experience, but I regained relatively normal vision within about ten minutes and had a sore, bloodshot eye for a couple of days afterwards.
You had this prior experience. The pilot probably didn't. How was he supposed to know his vision would likely recover during the remainder of the flight?
If his vision after the incident was not good enough to fly as PF, it would be kind if careless to continue over the pond.