Watch out where you shine that laser pointer you got at a trade show a few years ago!
Recently, a long time Enid Fire Captain was terminated for allegedly shining lasers into airplane cockpits. Here are the details via News 9:
A longtime Enid fire captain has been fired after he was accused of shining a laser into the cockpit of an airplane.
Now, the former captain's lawyer plans to appeal the firing.
He said his client is being targeted for other reasons.
Captain Denton Morgan served with the Enid Fire department for 17 years. His career came to an abrupt end Monday night.
It's all after Morgan was accused of pointing a laser sighted veterinary dart from his home near the Enid Woodward Regional Airport into the cockpit of a UPS Plane. The airport director said that's extremely dangerous.
First of all, do all laser pointers have a range of 30,000? Isn't that a bit excessive? Also, how exactly is it "extremely dangerous" to shoot a laser pointer into a cockpit? Are airplanes now being flown by cats?
Haha! Zing! You knew that was coming.