[CodeToad]

“So, in fact most pilots DO NOT avoid striking birds, thus refuting your argument.”

Because you say so doesn’t make it a fact.

I am a pilot, so I know so, which makes it a fact.

[ought-six]

“I am a pilot, so I know so, which makes it a fact.”

I doubt seriously you fly jets. Maybe a single-engine Cessna, but most likely just an ultralight. In which case the birds are probably flying faster than you.

[ought-six]

Here, this is from Boeing. I think I’ll defer to Boeing over your “experience” and “facts.”

Click:

https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/2011_q3/4/#:~:text=bird%2Dstrike%20events.-,Prevention%20strategies,known%20or%20anticipated%20bird%20activity.