There are
Laser Beams being targeted at pilots.
The FBI, worried that terrorist may use lasers to stun and disorientate pilots, is investigating a series of similar incidents involving lasers.
Yeah, a blind pilot would be bad. Real bad. But not as bad as a system of laser guided RPGs.
Doesn't it make more sense that this is a test for some kind of laser tracking system rather than a system to blind pilots? It must cost a lot of money to build a system that can effectively track a 40'x5' window on a giant plane moving really fast. Right? Would a group spend that kind of money to try and blind pilots? Please tell me someone at the FBI has thought of this...