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."

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Re:Let the autopilot handle TO & Landings

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Those parts I think have to be done by humans AFAIK. Or at least the pilots keep claiming it so that they don't lose their job to automation.