[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Reference the US airline habit of using am/pm time, Airlines can set
their computers to issue the ticket in 24 hour format, but due to the
ignorance of the reservations agent, most do not.
Another interesting aspect of this is that 12 pm is noon in the US and
midnight in the rest of the world.
Mike Payne
Actually the individual reservation agent has no control over how the
preferences in the reservation system are set. It's a decision made by the
airline as a whole, either globally or by region (I'm sure United's computers
in Europe are set to 24 hour, for example).
The USA is absolutely alone in the world in sticking with the confusing am/pm
displays, as it is alone in so many other things.
In Canada I go to the train stations and see the departure times on the
display systems all in 24-hour format (the timetables too), and I don't see a
whole lot of Canadians missing trains. Same thing at the airports. The
airlines, etc. must really think Americans are dumb that they can't
understand anything else.
Or maybe it's the unfortunate use of the phrase "military time".
Carleton
Carleton
