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Wildlife hazard management at airports

Strike data, species risk, attractants and land use, assessments and plans, dispersal, reporting and certification, under ICAO, EASA and FAA rules

By Aerospace Garage Desk · Introductory · 45 minutes · 24 narrated pages

What you will be able to do

  • ✓ Describe the scale and pattern of wildlife strikes using FAA National Wildlife Strike Database and ICAO IBIS figures, and calculate strike rates per 10,000 movements.
  • ✓ Rank wildlife species by risk using strike frequency, the share of damaging strikes, mass and flocking behaviour.
  • ✓ Identify wildlife attractants on and around an airport and apply the 13 km area and FAA separation distances to land-use decisions.
  • ✓ Explain when a wildlife hazard assessment is required, what a management plan contains, and how habitat is managed, under 14 CFR 139.337 and ADR.OPS.B.020.
  • ✓ Apply dispersal, logging and strike reporting practice, including remains identification, and recognise habituation.
  • ✓ Summarise the airframe and engine bird-strike certification standards and the pilot's role, using the official findings on US Airways Flight 1549.

Course content

Session 1 · The size of the problem

1.1

  1. Why wildlife strikes matter · free preview
  2. Where and when strikes happen
  3. Who does what: the rule chain
  4. Worked example: strike rate per 10,000 movements and trend
Session 2 · Species, mass and risk

1.2

  1. Mass, speed and flocks
  2. The species that do the damage
  3. Ranking the risk by species
  4. Worked example: a species risk ranking matrix
Session 3 · Attractants on and around the airport

1.3

  1. What draws wildlife to an airfield
  2. Land use beyond the fence
  3. Safeguarding: working with planners and neighbours
  4. Worked example: a habitat change decision
Session 4 · Assessments and management plans

1.4

  1. The wildlife hazard assessment
  2. The management plan or programme
  3. Managing habitat inside the fence
  4. Worked example: applying the assessment triggers
Session 5 · Dispersal, deterrence and strike reporting

1.5

  1. Active control on the airfield
  2. Dispersal tools and habituation
  3. Reporting strikes and identifying remains
  4. Worked example: reviewing a dispersal log
Session 6 · Aircraft certification and the pilot's role

1.6

  1. How airframes are certified for bird strike
  2. How engines are certified for bird ingestion
  3. The pilot's role
  4. From the investigation file: US Airways Flight 1549

Who this course is for

Upskill courses are for professional development and are not approved by any aviation authority. Learner Terms

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