[time-nuts] FW: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday

[Magnus Danielson]

> In message <f616e0f80808200001y17bb86d0m14fed6270f1ec8ff at mail.gmail.com>,
> "Jim
> Palfreyman" writes:
>>When I fly in a commercial plane, the display in front of me shows its
>> speed
>>in km/h and height in metres. The pilot announces the same.
>>
>>I would have thought that if any group of people could convert quickly it
>>would be airline pilots.
>
> Ahh, but it's not just the pilots is it ?
>
> It's also all the instruments in the planes, all the lingo with ATC and
> all the maps.
>
> A particular worry would be flightlevels, where it would get really
> nasty if somebody confuses feet and meter near a major airport.

Indeed.

Add the stress factor at the time of an incident. This is when the
conversion comes in and can be the cause of a major incident rather than
just being a small incident.

Cheers,
Magnus