Bird Strike Committee Proceedings
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 9th (2007)
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Date of this Version
September 2007
Document Type
Proceeding
Abstract
The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Birdstrike Reporting System has historically been a manual, “pen and paper” system since its inception. Because it has been so labor-intensive, birdstrike reporting by Southwest Airline Pilots could best be described as “sporadic” as long as the FAA system operated outside the internal airline system. By using web-based reporting systems, with imbedded checks and balances, Southwest Airlines has achieved a dramatic increase in birdstrikes reported to the FAA.