I'm written to United numerous times over the years to make sure they and their editors know there are people out there that also want metric. Some articles in their magazine have no FFU, others have no metric, so I suppose it balances out. I noticed on flights to Germany that the FFU screen on the map gives miles, etc. in German, as well as the metric in German.
Mike Payne > [Original Message] > From: Hillger, Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 14/2/03 15:34:50 > Subject: [USMA:24855] "metric" article in current issue of United Airlines' Hemispheres magazine > > To USMA list and officers:=20 > > Just took a United Airlines flight on one leg of a recent business trip = > and was surprised to see that the cover of United Airlines' Hemispheres = > magazine for February 2003 has an image consisting of sections of = > centimeter tape measures interwoven into a pattern. You can be assured = > they are centimeters by the 10 subdivisions between each number. Inches = > would be divided into quarters, not tenths. > > Inside the magazine is a one-page article about the artist whose work is = > featured on the cover. The article has a very short history of the = > measurements and the metric system. > > For a view of the magazine cover and article see: = > http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/home.htm > The cover will appear first. To see the article about the cover, click = > on "Cover Artist Profile" at the bottom of the page. > > In case some of you are not familiar with United Airlines use of metric, = > their magazine uses dual units throughout, even 24 h time in addition to = > AM/PM on their world map near the back of the magazine. The in-flight = > navigation map, viewed via the back-of-the-seat monitors on the Boeing = > 777, uses dual units for everything, such as the plane's altitude, = > outside temperature, and numerous other parameters such as plane speed = > and wind speed. > > Don Hillger --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
