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Originally Posted by Swayze11
I don't know much about how distracting it actually is but I really think that this is a case where the pilot had a really bad day, this happened and he wanted to take all his anger out on this guy.
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Its just not a distraction, it can permanently blind you and thus the reason the pilot and officer are currently off on medical leave. Its a pretty serious stunt to be pulling.
You also have to consider that this happened at 1045 pm at night, presumably when its dark out. When you're flying a helicopter at night, you don't deal with a lot of direct light, and to have something even temporarily blind you of your natural night vision, its a pretty dangerous thing.