personally when departing heathrow and being held at 6000ft I am happy to be allowed to speed up to get away from the heathrow holds but I do not have the big picture and I am happy to comply with any reasonable request to help everyone on their way. Lets also bear in mind that most bird strikes occur below 10,000 ft and the cockpit windows are not tested for bird strikes at 280 kts.
Safe flying everyone
