My personal conclusion is that it is totally justified to make a stand since accidents are going to happen. Until today, I have not been confronted with laser beams in flight, but this summer holiday I saw one entering my hotel room when I was quietly reading a book. I was supprised by the strenght and before the loonatic would succeed in flashing it into my eyes, I closed the curtains just out of precaution. From what I saw, I'm quite convinced that it would totally screw your night vision if you were confronted with it on final approach and the outcome would be highly unpredictable.The body’s natural aversion responses are unlikely to provide adequate protectionfrom eye injury for Class 3B laser pointers and Class 3A laser pointers used with optical
aids. Although the risk of permanent eye injury from a laser pointer may be small, a person
receiving even a transient eye exposure will experience a bright flash, a dazzling effect,
which is likely to cause distraction and temporary loss of vision in the affected eye and
possibly after-images. The time taken to recover from these effects will vary for different
people and will also be dependent on the ambient light level at the time of exposure...
I hope this puts things a little bit into perspective
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