A system for reducing damage by birds to an airplane, the system including: (a) a detector mounted on the airplane, operable to detect a bird in a vicinity of the airplane and to generate detection information indicative of motion of the bird (b) a processor, connected to the detector, configured to analyze the detection information and to selectively trigger activation of a jetting system that is mounted on the airplane in response to a result of the analysis and (c) the jetting system, operable to jet a high pressure jet onto a bird.
