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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 7:10 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyerGoldII
The question is why does AC not announce such numerical data in both Imperial units and metric units?
I expect that this is because in flight planning Imperial units are used and the data pilots and FA's use to provide announcements comes from flight planning documents, etc. (eg ATC uses feet for altitude). When there are moving displays, I think they are in metric and Imperial.
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