Originally Posted by
glad rag
Fair point, the airliner is in a far less riskier environment that a balbo of the best of the best.
This is true, but risk assessments have to take into account various things.
The consequences of an airliner crashing into London are orders of magnitude worse than a hawk.
The chance of any single airliner crashing into London during approach is orders of magnitude smaller than the chance of a hawk crashing, however the number of airliners making approaches into Heathrow is orders of magnitude larger than Reds displays....
More airliners have crashed into citys during the last 50 years than military display jets crashing into of airport crowds.....