I&#x27;d speculate that airliners hit more birds and suffer from it less compared to small aircraft. I could be way off, but my reasoning is that it&#x27;s harder for a bird to dodge an airliner since it&#x27;s moving faster, and the airliner presents much more frontal area. The airliner has much more weight margin for reinforcement, and much more motivation to avoid fatal crashes. (We&#x27;re vastly less risk tolerant with airliners than small planes; airliners are the safest mode of transportation out there, where small planes are one of the more dangerous.)<p>In any case, I&#x27;d guess that the increased risk is quite small at the moment. The question is what it will look like in 10-20 years as this stuff gets more popular and technology continues to drive the price down. How this stuff is handled today will set the stage.