What should you do immediately if you encounter lasing?

In the case of encountering lasing, the recommended action is to transfer visual references to flight instruments. This is crucial because being subjected to a laser can impair your vision, causing temporary blindness or significant distraction. By relying on flight instruments, you maintain situational awareness and can continue to control the aircraft safely.

While reporting to air traffic control is important after ensuring your immediate safety, the priority is to avoid the effects of lasing on your ability to see and operate the aircraft. Continuing to look directly at the source of the laser is unsafe; it can exacerbate the visual impairment. Adjusting your flight path may also be necessary, but the immediate step to safeguard your flying capability should be to switch focus to the instruments. Thus, transferring visual references to instruments best protects your safety and that of the aircraft.