Foreword

This guidance focuses on wildlife strike hazard reduction as required by CAR-139 (Part 1-Chapter-9). It includes the bird and wildlife control for the purpose of reducing the hazard of bird/wildlife strikes to aircraft. Aerodrome operator shall include both birds and wildlife in their airport bird/wildlife control programme. In fact, CAR-139 requires that action be taken to decrease the risk to aircraft operations by adopting measures to minimize the likelihood of collisions between wildlife and aircraft.

This document was written on the assumption that birds and wildlife are a serious hazard to aircraft, and it attempts to outline what can and should be done to overcome this hazard. It is not the purpose of this document to discuss the relative importance of various hazards but to stress the importance of good organization and planning in the creation of a successful bird/wildlife control programme.

The manual includes material dealing with the reasons why birds/wildlife occur at an aerodrome, the organization and composition of a committee to combat potential bird/wildlife hazards to aircraft operations, and the modifications to be carried out at an aerodrome to remove the features which attract birds/wildlife.