[mod]

I believe a jet engine can handle this with no issues. They're tested to pass birds through with no issues.

[markman]

Really? I didn't know that. That flight out of New York where "Captain Sully"? made the first successful water ditch of a commercial airliner in the history of aviation had a flame out from geese, but that was an entire flock.

They're so small I doubt they'd have much of an impact on light aircraft either.

[maxerickson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_object_damage#Jet_engin...

For the large bird test, the engine is allowed to shutdown.