http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=4315 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sat, 25 May 2013 04:43:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=4315&cpage=1#comment-162790 Bret Viets Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:08:12 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=4315#comment-162790 I think it is good that action has been taken against a laser user, but I am still wondering why
as pilots we can report a bird strike on line, and laser reporting requires an fax. There
is a location for the general public to report online. I am constantly on the road so sending a fax
is either not an option or requires that I pay a hotel to send it. Last spring I was being targeted
by a laser. I reported it to the closest control tower, then I used the general public online portal
to report it to the FAA. Since I fly an airship, I was able to capture the incident on video and still shots and even captured a picture of the person standing in front of their house commiting the
crime, which provided me an address. I gave the information to the FAA and they did nothing.

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