UK Pilots' Union Calls For Laser Pointers To Be Classed As Offensive Weapons (theguardian.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The body that represents airline pilots in the UK has called for handheld laser pointers to be classed as offensive weapons, after a Virgin Atlantic flight to the U.S. was forced to return to Heathrow when its co-pilot was dazzled by a laser during takeoff. The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said aircraft were being "attacked" by the devices "at an alarming rate and with lasers with ever-increasing strength." It said the problem was becoming "more and more urgent."

Comments

I prefer a better approach

[Lumpy]

Why don't we start a war on stupidity and make a law where you can legally slap the shit out of idiots that would shine a laser pointer at an airplane...

You see someone stupid enough to do that, just walk up to them and start slapping. It's your Civic duty.