Stumbled upon this article this morning.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/11/12/planes-lasers.html?ref=rssSimply put there are more and more cases of people shinning high intensity lazers that can travel many KM's into the cockpit of planes.
Some 'hobby' these idiots people have. I know someone who has a lazer like the ones in the article and it can light a match across the room. I can only imagine what it can do to a pilots eyes. Might temporarily blind him or worse cause permanent damage. Not something you want when the pilot is taking-off or landing.
What do you guys think should be the punishment for something like this?