CJ
You must have misread. That was NOT what I was suggesting, rather the contrary! Read again
Thanks for clarifying... As I suggested, I could not quite understand if you were, or were not, advocating avoiding action?
protectthehornet
when do you allow cabin service?
Our airline's policy is unless otherwise instructed, they are free to move when they wish... Passenger's
should of course be strapped in at 3000', but then 3000' is when the USAir plane had a birdstrike, but recent posts have not specified we only discussing 3000'.
tell me nigel, if you got a TCAS RA, would you not maneuver as needed?
I would... but as the training emphasises, the manoeuvre required for an RA is usually fairly gentle, and most Sim debriefs concern "overcontrol", not under...
My concern was your comment over Pull Up
Hard... although as you state it was an aircraft... I would not necessarily pull up "Hard" for an aicraft, pull up as required...
However, for birds, I have tended to find, both by experience and training:
- As you say, they tend to break down
- You see them far later than aircraft
- They tend to be far better than we are at avoiding things
- Even when it seem inevitable you are going to hit them, you often do not...
- Very few Birdstrikes, as a %, result in (serious) damage
NoD