> Of Markus Kuhn > After a five years absence, I have just joined this list again, curious > what progress metrication has made since then.
I am glad to see you posting. It is from your web pages that I learned about ISO 8601. > - FAA air traffic rules changed such that controllers quote > altitude in meters. Ambitious. That would put them ahead of Europe but it still is a worthy ambition. The FAA recently switched to using Celsius. They could now mandate horizontal distances in metres easily. A good safety case can be made based on the needs of aircrew operating on international flights. The UK CAA appears to use metres for horizontal distances. -- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794
