Rotorcraft
Laser Defense Training Offered

Night Flight Concepts (NFC) is offering laser defense training online. The one-hour course is available to law enforcement and other first responders for $95 and to other students for $125 through the company’s website: www.nightflightconcepts.com. Upon finishing the course, students take an online quiz and can print a certificate of completion.

NFC began developing the course a year ago in partnership with aviation physiologist and Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) advisor Dr. Dudley Crosson. NFC president Adam Aldous said the course is a practical guide to recognizing and mitigating the growing threat from laser strikes on aircraft. “We cover what a laser looks like, what damage it can do to people and aircraft, how a pilot and crew should respond to a laser, who they should report it to and medical aftercare to mitigate eye damage,” Aldous said. “Hospital emergency rooms don’t necessarily know how to treat someone hit with a laser, so it is important to know the right types of test to request to make sure there is no eye damage,” Aldous said.

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