endangerment aggravated assault mask disaster and murder these are some of the things that can occur when one of our citizens decides to take one of these and pointed at the cockpit of an operational aircraft the human body has the capability of producing a chemical that allows us to see and operate in low-light conditions such as in an aircraft when the eye is struck with a bright light immediately that capacity is is diminished immensely and it could take up to 45 minutes for the person to recover lasers when you point them in the air go far beyond what the human eye can see they go out into infinity and they comb this is what creates the problem for our pilots in the air in September of 2013 alone the Phoenix Police Department arrested five suspects for pointing a laser beam at our aircraft now by all accounts these were all good citizens who had never had a run-in with the law until they were introduced to handcuffs for that crime ladies and gentlemen the federal government local and state governments have enhanced the penalties for pointing a laser at an aircraft this means more fines and more jail time there's also programs in place to enhance the rewards for the good citizens out there who will call the police when they see these type offenses occurring you