The pilot was doing the conversion, I'm one of them and we get only Celsius temperature whether it be uploaded by data link or heard on the radio. Most pilots develop some method of arbitrarily converting Celsius to Fahrenheit. The fault I have is the assumption that everyone wants Fahrenheit. I try to page the flight attendant as a passenger and ask what the temp is in Celsius, then they realize there are passengers that want it in Celsius.
Michael Payne > [Original Message] > From: Howard Ressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 09/3/04 13:51:29 > Subject: [USMA:29139] Re: Temperature > > Hate to be a cynic but it seems unlikely the pilot was doing a > conversion and its a leap to say he was. I have no clue where they get > their weather data from but since its probably from the airport and the > National Weather service stations there it is probably provided in > English like all the other data they receive. At domestic airports I can > not imagine the pilots demanding the ground computers send up the data > in English so they do not have to worry about converting it. Nice > thought but the pilot was probably just multitasking at the time > (reading instruments, sipping coffee, snoozing (haha).=20 > > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > (585) 272-3372 > > >>> Pat Naughtin <naughtin=40bigpond.net.au> 03/09/04 01:54AM >>> > Dear Euric, > > Doesn=27t it fill you full of confidence in the pilot of your aircraft > when > you know, that instead of flying the plane, he or she is sitting up > there > wrestling with the mathematics of a calculator or a conversion tables > to > convert from one temperature to another=21 > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia > --=20 > > on 2004-03-09 10.25, Chimpsarecute at chimpsarecute=40hotmail.com wrote: > > > When I went to South Carolina a few weeks back, the pilots gave the > > temperature only in Fahrenheit over the intercom. > >=20 > > On the way down, the pilot hesitated for a second before he stated > the > > temperature was =22about 35=B0F=22. On the return flight, the pilot > hesitated a > > good 5 s before giving the temperature. It was obvious to me they > were > > doing conversions. > >=20 > > Euric > >=20 > >=20 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: =22Terry Simpson=22 <terry=40connected-systems.com> > > To: =22U.S. Metric Association=22 <usma=40colostate.edu> > > Sent: Monday, 2004-03-08 07:28 > > Subject: =5BUSMA:29122=5D Re: Temperature > >=20 > >=20 > >>> Of Pat Naughtin > >>> I have heard that the USA Weather Service changed to degrees > Celsius in > >> 1995 > >>=20 > >> At 0800Z on 1 July 1996, the FAA started using Celsius. The > National > > Weather > >> Service and the Department of Defense acted in parallel. The formal > scope > > of > >> the change was limited to aviation weather. > >>=20 > >> http://www.asy.faa.gov/safety_products/NewformatsBrochure.htm=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > > > http://metar.noaa.gov/table_master.jsp?sub_menu=3Dno&show=3Dtext_overview.j= > sp&ti > > >> tle=3Dtitle_program_overview > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >=20 --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
