Well said but further consider that a projectile bird shot at a stationary plane does not have the same physics involved which would otherwise factor into a flying plane impacting with a nearly stationary bird (if only due to air pressure / flow considerations).
In the case of a plane being...
Would a bird strike impact with an in-flight jet propulsion intake have a significantly less probability of avoiding critical damage if the jet intake was fully idle or non-active at the point of impact?
Would the air-flow pattern of an abruptly idled engine perhaps even help by greatly...