FAA wants to keep bird strike records confidential

I am disappointed with the FAA's preference to lock up the numbers on bird strikes in the nation's airports. I don't agree with the notion that people will simply not go to an airport given the risk of a bird strike because people care more about getting to where they need to go than about anything else. Just because we have seen a couple of bird related accidents occur in the past year become public does not mean that they are so prevalent as to cause us to really start worrying about plane safety. The old adage that is more dangerous to drive a car than fly in a plane still holds true despite the plane crashes that have come about as of late. At the same point, I am just out of curiosity interested in determining how birds actually cause major damage to planes. The worst that comes out of this would be the need to install bird radar in aviation towers and that to me is better for us anyways. When I went to the hearing about the Miracle at the Hudson crash on the Hill, the air traffic controller stated that the technology most airports have is not the best quality and that more than anything frightens me the most. It is better for us to know what is going on so we can put pressure on and devote attention to getting airports what they need to make sure everyone is as safe as can be.