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Feets are actually just fine in anything related to aviation.
by iberator 1y ago
Feets are actually just fine in anything related to aviation.
- actionfromafar 1y agoI prefer to call them "footsies" or, sometimes "feet".
- balamatom 1y agoI think you've accidentally invented the antidote to the Imperial system: using diminutive/silly synonyms for units, and speaking in baby talk to people who insist on using it. Unironically oughtta work better than that stuff with the barleycorns and fortnights.
- actionfromafar 1y agoGreat idea! I’m for it. Be the change you want to see in the workplace!
- delta_p_delta_x 1y ago> Feets are actually just fine Non-SI legacy units have been grandfathered in and 'accepted for common use', but ICAO recommends that SI units should be used[1] (eventually). China and quite the majority of the ex-USSR, for instance, use metre flight levels[2]. There have been at least two aviation accidents and incidents relating to unit mis-conversions. This is two too many. As an SI absolutist, everyone should switch to SI or units purely derived from SI (so domain-specific stuff like parsecs, electronvolts, and binary prefixes, if appropriately symbolled are OK). It is an internationally-recognised, and nearly universal standard that permeates every aspect of human lives. [1]: https://aerosavvy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/an05_cons.pdf https://aerosavvy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/an05_cons.p... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_level#People's_Republic_of_China_and_Mongolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_level#People's_Republic...