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[esmeraldagooch]

The FAA is looking at a record number of strikes this year: 5,352 were reported nationwide as of Oct. 16, up from 3,894 for all of 2014. The D-FW area has seen a record 115 laser strike reports as of Oct. 16, up from about 85 for all of last year

[2blonde]

They need jobs.  I'd bet if you checked it out, most or all of them don't work.  They need jobs.

[esmeraldagooch]

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@2blonde wrote:

They need jobs.  I'd bet if you checked it out, most or all of them don't work.  They need jobs.

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People who blind pilots need jobs?

[Plaid Pants2]

That doesn't even make any sense.

The morons who did it could have done it on their day off from work. It could have been done after they got home from work. It could have been done when they were on their vacation time.

Why do they do it? I don't know. Maybe they think it's funny.

It isn't.

It can do permanent eye damage.

Not only that, but if a pilot can't see, the aircraft could crash, and there could be loss of life.

It's just so stupid to do. I think laser pointers should be illegal.

It won't solve the problem, but it would be a start.

[ROMARY]

It could be that some people who don't have any good purpose in life could possibly try other, more dangerous things.  Happens to all income brackets..........we've all seen or heard of the daring activities, pushing- the- limit type of personalities.  I'm only thinking that when folks are busy doing other things (work, volunteer, etc., etc.) that they would be around others and perhaps their minds wouldn't veer off to more dangerous thoughts.  Just thinking out loud.  I just can't imagine someone 'lying in wait' to do something bad.  Seems that if this person would be more social, have another purpose in life, just maybe that person wouldn't waste his/her precious time thinking about destructive thoughts.  JMO

[ROMARY]

Type in Web Search:  'the phrase idle minds' .........

[chickenbutt]

This just seems so awful to me.  What could they possibly think they are accomplishing by this aside from doing harm?    My mind just is not giving me any other answer beside that they are trying to do terrible damage - hurt the pilots, crash the plane - something, but nothing good.  It's not cute.

*sigh*  Seems like there are more and more people out there who are destructive - never want to do any good, just harm.  I'm glad they are tracking down people who do this and I really hope there is a punishment.

[brii]

How far can a laser be seen anyway? 

[ValuSkr]

How in the world do authorities catch the people who do such things, if they're not caught in the act?

[Marp]

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@brii wrote:

How far can a laser be seen anyway? 

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I don't know the answer but the little ones in the BlissLights sold on Q have a caution to use care in positioning them if you are within two or three miles of an airport's flight path.

I also remember in presentations it being said that laser light will travel until it hits something.  I have played with my BlissLights and have been able to light a tree that is several hundred feet away.

There are different strengths and I would guess that the ones involved in these incidents are at least 50 mW or more.  I've seen ads for up to 100 mW green lasers.  I don't know if there are stronger ones.