Originally Posted by
franklin_m
The FAA and other organizations, DoD for example, have any number of programs to reduce the risk of bird strikes. But there's a big difference between wildlife and drones - namely the wildlife is a natural occurring phenomenon and drones are not. Birds and wildlife were here long before aviation - we invaded their world in a sense. Secondly, the drones are operated by humans, and these humans are injecting the drones into the aviation environment - dangerously. We presume that these humans are able to think, rationalize, and make decisions - where we do not ascribe those capabilities to the animal kingdom.
Fair enough, but you are consistently throwing stats out there to justify your position. Now stats are put out there to clearly and demonstrably show that birds and even deer present a far bigger thread to civil aviation than any drone does. In 20 plus years 22 aircraft have been lost to white tail deer......0.0 have been lost to a drone. Numbers don't lie.