Corporate aircraft pilot reported company maintenance was more concerned the trip departed on time t...

Narrative:

On landing rollout encountered flock of birds. Hit multiple birds and heard them impact different parts of the plane. Immediate smell of burned bird filled the cabin implying we had at least one ingested in the engine. The following morning we met with the mechanic. He performed 2 inspections and noticed one of the blades had a 'shadow.' he was very concerned with this however our maintenance department was more concerned about the plane leaving on time for a live leg. There was apparent no guidance from our maintenance department other than we were [running late]. After further examinations and consultations with [manufacturer] and successful engine runs it was in fact determined to be okay. I can't vouch for whatever was said on the maintenance side just what I heard the mechanic telling [local maintenance]. I'm a little concerned with the idea that any internal engine issue was not as critical as departing on time.I [suggest] try having a different priority when it comes to the safe operation. Especially since nothing happened; but easily could have been different as we all know what birds can do to a jet engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Corporate aircraft pilot reported company Maintenance was more concerned the trip departed on time than the damage that may have occurred from a bird strike to the engine.

Narrative: On landing rollout encountered flock of birds. Hit multiple birds and heard them impact different parts of the plane. Immediate smell of burned bird filled the cabin implying we had at least one ingested in the engine. The following morning we met with the mechanic. He performed 2 inspections and noticed one of the blades had a 'shadow.' He was very concerned with this however our Maintenance department was more concerned about the plane leaving on time for a live leg. There was apparent no guidance from our Maintenance department other than we were [running late]. After further examinations and consultations with [manufacturer] and successful engine runs it was in fact determined to be okay. I can't vouch for whatever was said on the Maintenance side just what I heard the mechanic telling [local maintenance]. I'm a little concerned with the idea that any internal engine issue was not as critical as departing on time.I [suggest] try having a different priority when it comes to the safe operation. Especially since nothing happened; but easily could have been different as we all know what birds can do to a jet engine.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1602137
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation Excel (C560XL)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

Corporate aircraft pilot reported company maintenance was more concerned the trip departed on time than the damage that may have occurred from a bird strike to the engine.