Originally Posted by
eng3
Yes same here landing in HKG. Hearing altitude in meters and feet or no unit at all. I suppose a pilot should be able to use common sense and figure out which. But still ....
The fate of Mars Climate Observer and Lockheed Martin ineptitude is always in the back of my mind when I hear "meters versus feet-they are pretty much the same," "the pilot can do the conversion in his head," etc. I haven't listened to the audio tapes of the Asiana tragedy at SFO to determine whether the flight crew was hearing feet or meters.