What is wrong with people?

[lawgator1]

Deputies arrest man suspected of 'lasing' sheriff's helicopter - Orlando Sentinel

1) Why do it at all? What is the thrill in doing this? 2) How on Earth can anyone in this day and age not know this is a big deal and illegal?

 

[37L1]

"What is wrong with people?"

I asked the same question when Obama was re-elected.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

"What is wrong with people?"

I asked the same question when Obama was re-elected.

:lolabove:

 

[bamacheats]

Deputies arrest man suspected of 'lasing' sheriff's helicopter - Orlando Sentinel

1) Why do it at all? What is the thrill in doing this? 2) How on Earth can anyone in this day and age not know this is a big deal and illegal?

Lasing aircraft is not stupid. Lasing aircraft and getting caught is stupid.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

A 19 yo idiot that didn't have the smarts to know that this was wrong to do & might cause an accident or death for the pilot? Do people have any common sense these days & will act on it?

 

[YankeeVol]

I ask the same thing about Alabama fans

 

[Grand Vol]

Florida Man at it again I see.

 

[volmanbill]

Lasing aircraft is not stupid. Lasing aircraft and getting caught is stupid.

What's smart about it?

 

[InVOLuntary]

Ban all lasers.

 

[BenGrimm]

When I was 19 I would have had no clue that "lasing" was a crime or how serious it could be.

 

[YankeeVol]

We had a kid do this to a Blackhawk in Iraq. It did not end well, I'll put it that way.

 

[Coug]

We had a kid do this to a Blackhawk in Iraq. It did not end well, I'll put it that way.

For the Blackhawk or the Kid?

My money is on the Blackhawk...

 

[YankeeVol]

The Blackhawk was just touching down.

He said he did it because they spotlighted him as it was landing.

 

[Hobock]

We had a kid do this to a Blackhawk in Iraq. It did not end well, I'll put it that way.

Did the kid get put in "time out"?

 

[YankeeVol]

Did the kid get put in "time out"?

Something like that

 

[FLVOL_79]

Did the kid get put in "time out"?

If time out = sprayed with a 240 then yes.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Deputies arrest man suspected of 'lasing' sheriff's helicopter - Orlando Sentinel

1) Why do it at all? What is the thrill in doing this? 2) How on Earth can anyone in this day and age not know this is a big deal and illegal?

1.) he is 19
2.) he is 19

People are stupid. We had guys shooting at AC-130 Gunships up in the panhandle..shooting a flying tank with a deer rifle = not smart.

 

[SamRebel35]

We obviously need stricter laser control laws. Also, I bet this kid was a right wing ideologue nut that hates the government. We'll see whenever his manifesto comes out. Not trying to make it political, but these right wing idiot tea baggers are the stupidest breed of human in the planet and I wish they would forget how to breath.

- go gata

 

[Nerd-Vol]

We obviously need stricter laser control laws. Also, I bet this kid was a right wing ideologue nut that hates the government. We'll see whenever his manifesto comes out. Not trying to make it political, but these right wing idiot tea baggers are the stupidest breed of human in the planet and I wish they would forget how to breath.

- go gata

Finally talking some sense.

 

[YorkVol]

We obviously need stricter laser control laws. Also, I bet this kid was a right wing ideologue nut that hates the government. We'll see whenever his manifesto comes out. Not trying to make it political, but these right wing idiot tea baggers are the stupidest breed of human in the planet and I wish they would forget how to breath.

- go gata

I would only believe this if he then put the lazer pointer in his mouth and pushed the button.

 

[bamacheats]

What's smart about it?

What's stupid about it? Has a plane come down because of a laser pointer?

 

[McDad]

What's stupid about it? Has a plane come down because of a laser pointer?

Malaysia airlines. Mystery solved.

 

[volmanbill]

What's stupid about it? Has a plane come down because of a laser pointer?

I'll take George's advice. If you aren't bright enough to realize that a blinded pilot attempting to land is a bad situation, there's not much more I can add.

“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”


― George Carlin

 

[bamacheats]

I'll take George's advice. If you aren't bright enough to realize that a blinded pilot attempting to land is a bad situation, there's not much more I can add.

You think that a kid with a laser pointer can blind a pilot in a cockpit with little tiny windows moving much faster than a race car at a few thousand feet? What was that you were saying about idiots?

 

[volmanbill]

You think that a kid with a laser pointer can blind a pilot in a cockpit with little tiny windows moving much faster than a race car at a few thousand feet? What was that you were saying about idiots?

Let me google that for you


To make it even easier for you:

Man gets 14 years for pointing laser at helicopter

Laser strikes are a concern for airliners because they can temporarily blind a pilot while landing or taking off. The number of laser strikes against aircraft has climbed sharply in the last decade, reaching 3,960 incidents last year.