The temperature is broadcast to pilots in the USA in Celsius. To announce the temp in ifp it is necessary to convert from Celsius. Baron Carter -----Original Message----- From: Jim Gottlieb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 23 November, 2000 12:43 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:9314] Re: Statute miles vs. nautical On 2000-11-23 at 10:31, kilopascal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I wonder how many people think a nautical mile and land mile are one and the > same On one airline flight I was on, they announced that "members of our frequent flier program will receive XXX nautical miles for this flight". Whoa!, I thought. I never realized they use _nautical_ miles for frequent flier points. What a sneaky way to give less points. Now I wonder if all airlines use nautical miles for their FFPs, and how many people realize that. On another recent flight, the pilot gave the weather only in Celsius (this was a U.S. domestic flight). Something like, "Dallas has partly cloudy skies, with a temperature of 17 degrees." I was happy to hear him not give the conversion.
