You are on a red-eye flight out of Anchorage. Row 27. Middle seat, with a child behind you kicking your seat. Great, could this day get any worse? Seatbelts fastened, tray table up, ready for takeoff - Let’s get this flight going. The plane lifts off the ground, and you are just about to close your eyes when suddenly... BOOM! A flock of geese impacts the engine. In a daring move reminiscent of Captain Sully Sullenberger’s famous “Miracle on the Hudson,” the pilots deftly maneuver the aircraft back to land safely. Phew! Thank goodness pilots are regularly trained to handle these types of scenarios, and not all bird strikes are that severe. But let’s roll it back – what could have been done to prevent this from happening in the first place?