More Pilots Blinded By Lasers

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Call me a Right-Wing Reactionary Rebel, or a Left-Wing Lunatic Louse; call me what you will. By all means include the word “Wing” in there. “Wing-nut”, for all I care.

I have friends who fly as passengers in airplanes.

I don’t know any pilots, but there is a uniformed man with a trolley-bag in my apartment building. Navy-blue suit. Some sort of braid on his cuffs. Nice enough guy. Youngish. Quiet.

Today’s Toronto Star carries an article ( http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/520938 ) about pilots being blinded by domestic lasers.

Turns out the maximum penalty is “$100,000 fine and five years in prison”.

I doubt that $100,000 would cover the cost of imprisoning someone for five years.

Turns out they once caught a guy who “told police he was ‘just having some fun.’”.

He was fined $1,000

Here’s an idea:

Spend $100,000 on trapping/finding these fellows.

Strap them to the front of a commercial jet.

(On the outside at the front).

For 24 hours.

Unstrap them wherever the plane ends up.

I don’t care.

Don’t tell me its draconian until you’ve had time to think about it during your next flight in or out of Toronto, Kelowna, Calgary, or wherever.

Meanwhile …

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