But if you look out of the aircraft window, you will notice that most, if not all the height signs that are airside are in metric units - it is a matter of one system of measure for the professionals and another for the peasants.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: 07 April 2010 22:31 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:47072] RE: The "Europeanization" of the U.S.? --was Re: BBC debate about road signs . snip On a return to the UK the first sight I usually see at Heathrow or Gatwick is the 'feet and inches' red triangle on the low hanging stuff on the taxi/gate areas :-) . snip
