OB411: Too Close For Lasers . . .
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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OB411: Too Close for Lasers
Released to show supporters on 11/10/2025
Public release scheduled for 11/25/2025
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| 0:00.0 | I think that is sort of the one of the linchpins of this show is explaining what those factors are and how to understand them, how these play into so many other things besides filing flight plans. |
| 0:13.7 | Ready. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk, an aviation podcast by two air traffic controllers |
| 0:28.6 | and rated pilots who love to talk about flying, controlling, and everything in between. |
| 0:34.6 | The show is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for your |
| 0:40.8 | instructor, your supervisor, the FAA, the NTSB, or your cat. |
| 0:47.3 | The show will give you a better understanding of how things work in the National |
| 0:52.3 | Airspace System and maybe even make you |
| 0:54.5 | life along the way. |
| 1:00.4 | Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf and first officer at Penguin Airlines Romeo Hotel. |
| 1:14.3 | It's Monday, November 10, 2025, episode 411. |
| 1:18.2 | On today's show, we'll revisit IFR Flight Plan filing etiquette, proposed a death penalty |
| 1:22.7 | for laser light illumination events, and answer more of your awesome aviation questions. |
| 1:26.7 | What's up, Baygee? |
| 1:28.7 | I said it without laughing. |
| 1:30.3 | I love everyone. |
| 1:33.1 | I love when I don't pre-read things. |
| 1:37.2 | I did not pre-read that. |
| 1:39.4 | It's a new bill being proposed in the house right now. |
| 1:43.2 | Death penalty for laser light elimination. It's got all bill being proposed in the house right now. Death penalty for laser light illumination. |
| 1:46.0 | It's got all the signatures. |
| 1:48.5 | Extra death if you did it right as I was leaving. |
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