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Hi Dave,

Would it be possible to have an option in PFE that would allow you to select meters if the ATC uses meters versus feet?

Regrds

Where in the world does that occur?

China, don't hold me to that though. I'll check what they're doing in Russia and other places in the far east.

Regards

Kizzle

Russia uses Meters as well.

Regards

All of Russia and most of the old soviet states and China. So quite a bit of territory actually.

It would require a whole different set of phraseology I think.

"Climb to flight level 9500 meters" etc..

Does anybody actually fly Russia or China...?? How about the Antartica..??

Ray Lunning

Ray Lunning wrote:

Does anybody actually fly Russia or China...?? How about the Antartica..??

How about everybody who likes to fly long haul from Europe to the Far East?

The ICAO rules state that altitude is quoted in feet. The captain of an a/c may tell his passengers that he is flying at 11,000 meters but ATC will tell him he is flying at FL 390.
It is true that sometimes when pilots and ATC are not speaking English they may speak using meters BUT as far as I know in all non English speaking countries pilots must have an ICAO level 4 qualification in English before they can fly IRC.
So be content to use feet. It's the rule.
Vololiberista

vololiberista wrote:

The ICAO rules state that altitude is quoted in feet. The captain of an a/c may tell his passengers that he is flying at 11,000 meters but ATC will tell him he is flying at FL 390.
It is true that sometimes when pilots and ATC are not speaking English they may speak using meters BUT as far as I know in all non English speaking countries pilots must have an ICAO level 4 qualification in English before they can fly IRC.
So be content to use feet. It's the rule.
Vololiberista

Sorry, but you're just plain wrong.

ICAO states can rule exceptions to ICAO regulations, and Russia among others mentioned, is using a national METRIC SYSTEM for altitudes, speeds and flight levels. It's not just translating feet into meters due to communication reasons.

How that relates to PFE, is another thing.

I hope you don't include "knots" or "nautical miles" as part of a metric system...
Miles per hour or kilometers per hour I don't believe are ever used..
I am sure some one will prove me wrong.....

Ray Lunning