Do you guys still switch on a landing light to scare them off ?
Another large LCC operating in Europe was continually cracking the landing light brackets, I believe because the crews were lowering them earlier in the descent than originally designed - when this issue was raised by the MRO (problem not seen with other operators), it was explained that the lights were lowered earlier in order to scare birds. The increased maintenance costs, and potential decrease in aircraft reliability, was considered a small price to pay for avoiding bird strikes. I don't know whether the airline still does this though.
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