The company that makes this allows the owner, airline, etc. to display values in what ever they want, the think is programmed with a mouse plugged into the black box. As with any software the permutations are endless. If Continental is not showing metric, as well as FFU then you all need to write to Continental as I will be doing.
Mike Payne > [Original Message] > From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 14/2/03 18:12:59 > Subject: [USMA:24858] RE: "metric" article in current issue of United Airlines' Hemispheres magazine > > 2003-02-14 > > While returning from Houston last Friday, I flew on Continental. They had > small TV monitors fold down from the ceiling above the passenger rows. For > about half of the flight, we were all "entertained" with the statistics of > the flight. How fast we were going, how fast the wind was blowing, how cold > it was outside, how far we had to go before we landed in both distance and > time, how fast we were climbing, etc. > > All of it was in FFU. I would have been satisfied if it alternated between > FFU and metric, but no, it had to be all in FFU. I was surprised they > didn't alternate between English and Spanish. At least in Spanish we would > have seen the data in metric. > > Someone on this list said that this is provided by a private service. Does > anyone know what service provides this data? Someone needs to contact them > about using metric data. > > John > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2003-02-14 15:53 > Subject: [USMA:24856] RE: "metric" article in current issue of United > Airlines' Hemispheres magazine > > > > Of Hillger, Don > >The article has a very short history of the > >measurements and the metric system. > > Nice article. Thanks for pointing it out. It is an unusual angle. > > > >In case some of you are not familiar with United Airlines use of > >metric, their magazine uses dual units throughout, > > I didn't know that. I see that it is not a rigorously enforced editorial > policy. You can see many unconverted units. > > However considering the context, it is a good 9 out of 10. > > > > >The in-flight navigation map, viewed via the back-of-the-seat monitors > >on the Boeing 777, uses dual units for everything, > > This is also good news. In-flight entertainment is separate equipment bought > in by airlines. Upgrades and options migrate across customers. Once you see > a software feature on one airline, you are more likely to see similar > features on other airlines. --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
