Hi AN2,

Ummm, hadn't heard it was still going on, though doesn't surprise me. As we know political solutions in Switzerland are simply a way of pushing the problem away to someone else...let's have a referendum on it, only need 100,000 signatures for it to become a 'national' issue!!!!

Better solution would be to get you to do circuits round the perpetrators house in that wonderful bi-plane of yours...scare them rigid :E

BD

not to hijack this thread (are you allowed to say that on an aviation forum?), but what do you all think would be appropriate punishments? i personally think an example needs to be set, and some poor guy needs to get a jail sentence/probation so people will realize that this could be a serious issue, especially as more and more powerful lasers become available to Joe Civilian.

Following any conviction for Endangering the Safety of an Aircraft, imprisonment ought to be taken as read. If prison is appropriate for idiots delaying an aircraft through a bomb hoax, then there can be no sensible case (in my opinion) for imposing a lesser sentence for a more tangible menace.

lazers
 

I think this is an extremly serious issue. what the hell was the magistrate thinking only giving an offender 100 hrs community service, i think a hefty fine of around $10,000 and at least 10 years in prison would be much more appropriate. We need to get serious, I think an offence such as this is just as bad as sabbotage of an aircraft component, it puts the lives of everyone on board at risk and i think that it is just not on. It is almost an act of terrorism.
just my opinion.:=

Double Zero wrote;
Spent a happy couple of weeks running out of Gibraltar in the early eighties, doing tests on a British PIL, seemed very hush hush at the time.
They werent really supposed to incapacitate/blind the pilot, they were mainly designed to dazzle and interfere with the HUD and force the pilot to look down at his instruments at a critical phase of his attack, (at low level that could be pretty hairy:} )
I remember one ship a year or two later visited the City of London forgot to cover up the aforementioned laser projectors when the ship was opened to visitors. Someone got a major b*****king for that :rolleyes:
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Hi Robo,

Would be worth speaking to Cranfield Airport as they had an incident around november/december 2005?? i think when there was a laser put ontop of a building in Milton Keynes(think it was the theartre) which shone in the eyes of a few pilots on the approach to R21.

Regards,

straightlevel.