He is three months old and is already working at the airport. Falcia has an important task
The airport in Łódź proudly presented a new employee. Falcia female dog will take care of the safety of passengers. She will be trained by a veteran, Falco.
Lodz airport recently presented a new employee to passengers. This time it is not about the ground service operator or the Airport Security Service, but about … a young bitch.
Falcia will work at the airport
“Meet the new employee of the Łódź airport. This is Falcia, a Border Collie female dog, who won the recruitment for a dog to scare birds from the runway. He is just starting the training under the direction of the airport Sokolnik” – he was given to the fanpage of the Łódź port. The new employee will join the team of Andrzej Fijałkowski, Sokolnik and the Biological Protection of the Airport.
The choice was not accidental – for this responsible task a puppy was sought for a long time “after good parents, with the right character traits”. At the beginning Falcia will get acquainted with the 240-hectare area of the airport and will tame with planes. Later, he will learn to respond to the commands “Stój”, come back “,” Stay “,” Forward “,” To the car “,” left “,” to the right “. He will replace the position of several -year -old Falco, which will retire soon. First, he will train his successor.
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It is worth knowing that Falcia will not expose birds to harm.
“Border Collie dogs are shepherd dogs that do not chase animals to hunt them, but to hunt them. They do not hurt them. For generations, their natural instincts have been used for sheep chasing” – explained Łukasz Całka, Safety Manager of the Łódź airport, which presented PSA Falco’s journalists.
Birds pose a serious threat to aircraft, especially during the start. “The collision of a machine accelerated to 250 km/Hz with a few kilograms of a bird can cause a force comparable to the impact of a half -tone weight falling from a height of three meters” – informs TVP3 Łódź.
The presence of wild animals at airports poses a serious threat to them and passengers. The Italian Fiumicino Airport has been dealing with another problem for years, at which many homeless cats have settled.
