When most of the worlds pilots use metric and only ours do not, it says more about us than it does any alleged the actual error.
Dish and Fox are in disagreement so I don't get fox news at the moment, doesn't seem like such a big loss. Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer NYSDOT 1530 Jefferson Road Rochester, NY 14623 585 272-3372 43,560 square feet in an acre 5280 feet in a mile 16 ounces in a pound 128 ounces in a gallon 23 confused kids in a class What could be simpler? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of - Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:20 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54534] Fox News Hostess Widely Mocked for Metric Ignorance It is unfortunate that this is the kind of information that is circulated on news programs. Hostess Kooinan can be termed a "reporter" only on the slimest of evidence. Her experience is virtually nil, except for some at a few local television stations. Let's face it: her qualification are the ability to wear tight-fitting T-shirts and skirts that ride up above her knees when she sits down (just look at the shot used on Wikipedia). Fox News has a record of sinking to this kind of "eye candy" in selecting several of its female hosts, although there are some well qualified people such as Greta van Susteren). The FAA spokesman, Scott Brenner, seemed to poo-poo Kooinan's silly notion that the plane disappeared because of the metric system, but she, in her ignorance, wouldn't let up, so Brenner had to put her down a second time. Fortunately, the level of the internet is higher than Kooinan, and she is being widely mocked now for her ignorance of the universality of the metric system. The right answer is: if she has a problem with "conversion," she should be advocating that the U.S. get rid of its legacy system and complete its conversion to SI metric. ============ FOX NEWS Updated: 18:43 EST, 28 December 2014 Fox News host mocked for speculating that AsiaAir flight went missing because foreign pilots use the metric system Anna Kooinan asked airline expert whether differences in Imperial and metric measuring systems cause problems for foreign pilots AsiaAir flight went missing this morning over the Java Sea shortly after pilot asked for change in altitude due to severe weather. A Fox News host has drawn the ire of the internet after speculating on air what could have caused the disappearance of AsiaAir Flight QZ8501. The flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore went missing early this morning over the Java Sea, shortly after the pilot asked for a change in altitude due to severe weather. Fox News co-host Anna Kooiman interviewed former FAA spokesperson Scott Brenner about the search for the missing flight Sunday morning, asking the airline industry insider whether foreign pilots were at a disadvantage since they were trained using the metric system. 'Even when we think about temperature, it's Fahrenheit or Celsius,' Kooiman said. 'It's kilometers or miles. You know, everything about their training could be similar, but different.' Controversial: Fox News co-host Anna Kooiman (center) sparked criticism on Twitter for wondering whether foreign pilots' use of the metric system could have contributed to the disappearance of AsiaAir flight QZ8501 While the Imperial System may provide a conversion challenge for metric users, it likely was not a problem since the vast majority of the world excluding the U.S. uses the metric system. Brenner pointed out that the bigger difference was foreign pilots' reliance on auto-pilot, which he says they are often required to switch over to after take-off. This requirement is due to the fact that most crashes are due to pilot error. He added that he believes 'our U.S. pilots are very well trained' for 'situations like this' because 'they actually fly the aircraft when they're in the cockpit'. But Kooiman continued to ask Brenner if the difference in measurements were to blame, and if that makes international travel riskier. 'It's not just a difference in the way that we measure things?' Kooiman asked. 'Is it not as safe in that part of the world? Because our viewers may be thinking, "International travel, is it safe? Is it not safe?"'
