As someone who's day to day job almost tied up with Bird Hazard Control (18 years), I have read a lot of comments by posters on here with interest, certainly what has come to notice is that many on here have limited knowledge of Bird Hazard Control and how it is achieved.
I agree with lomapaseo that we should cut the geese some slack for now until all the evidence has been gathered and the investigation completed.
It was interesting to read from scotavia his account of Bird Hazard control in his days as an RAF controller, the following made me smile,
"Knowing where the birds are on the ground is a good start and sometimes they are best not disturbed when a airmove is very close(had to stop the security police letting their gaurd dogs chase gull flocks off empty dispersals at night"
I hope the practice of leaving birds where they are, in the hope they will not move is no longer practised, as they will move when you don't want them to, its best to hold the aircraft, clear them then release the aircraft when the have been fully dispersed, the only exception to this is if the aircraft is rolling and you discover the birds or if the aircraft is on final approach within a certain distance which will not enable the bird controller to clear the airfield and approaches in time.
At night on airfields the active Taxiways & Runways including their margins should be checked, birds should be cleared using special tactics as no to disturb any roosting birds on the remainder of the airfield and its approaches and Climbout's
