Originally Posted by Jimmy Hoffa Rocks
Bird sanctuaries
" Maybe it's now really high time to get rid of anomalies such as bird sanctuaries close to major airports? "
Chirstiaan J
What do you propose to do nuke em ?
Nothing so drastic needed.
Skip back a moment to post #790, and read the report that's linked there.
Having bird sanctuaries so close to a major airport is insanity.
Considering the size of the US, or even the state of New York, getting rid of a couple of square miles of bird sanctuary won't change anything for the birds, but a lot for us humans.
And techniques exist for rendering them unattractive to the birds (geese in particular), plus culling of the die-hards...
I'm sure USAir, the other airlines, and their insurance companies would be only too happy to fund the clean-up, rather than lose a few more aircraft...
The birds have been there before the airports
Well, yes.
So what? There are now far more airports, far more airplanes AND far more birds. They don't go together.
We have had discussions on bird strikes before on PPRuNe, perhaps you have read them. There's a lot of info on it
Yes I've followed those discussions
As it stands there will be more bird strikes and we have to deal with it.
Quite.... by reducing them drastically "at source".
CJ