[Fury]

Your rant, is not what I wrote about. You stated previously:

Bird strikes are not a viable source of FOD resulting in a MAJOR mechanical failure/fire/engine separation in this day and age; the only way they become a legitimate candidate is with some VERY OLD airframes.

Your statement is not correct and there are Class A mishaps to prove it. Those are the facts. If you are going to get defensive and start to pout, please continue to do so.

[Nimitz]

With regard to my rant: The old airframes comment was meant to indicate that older planes have older ie not recently designed engines GENERALLY SPEAKING. I did not mean to indicate that an older plane is any more suceptible to damage from FOD than a newer plane. Only the ENGINE, which is what the WSJ was trying to have us believe. Yes, engines have been shut down due to in-flight FOD. The FAA keeps very detailed records regarding same. No one is more concerned or in tune with the specifics of these incidents than the OEM (GE, for the purposes of this discussion). What I am saying is this: GE has no record or specific evidence to indicate that a CF56 or GE90 has been lost (shutdown by force without a subsequent relite) due to FOD by foul. Guess what? The NTSB announced tonight that no engine damage was suspected. I guess they were reading our threads.