Comments on: Flight 1549 Bird Followup

By: CryptoInformant 2.0

CryptoInformant 2.0 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:59:50 +0000

I think it’s kind of funny that we make such a habit of killing off members of other species for our own convenience. Shouldn’t we, instead, design something that keeps the bird-bits from getting into the plane engines and causing serious problems? Or is that just too expensive to even consider?

Once again, it seems, monetary concerns prevail over ecological ones, and likewise with short-term solutions over long-term ones.

By: Munnin

Munnin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:41:19 +0000

True, shutting down the airports is a bit more than extreme, as a solution to this problem. At the same time, considering that a migrant population was responsible for the trouble in this case, rounding up 2000 resident geese and gassing them doesn’t seem all that helpful either, and it sounds like an awful lot of work for no really good reason, besides.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:07:50 +0000

At least the methods stated in the article are more realistic than what some Animal Rights group are suggesting, that the airports be shut down.
Sorry, Charlie, that ain’t gonna happen. Nor it should.