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> Early on, the company adopted English as its working language and U.S. measurements to appeal to a wider range of airline customers. Airbus uses US measureme
by mmooss 1y ago
> Early on, the company adopted English as its working language and U.S. measurements to appeal to a wider range of airline customers.
Airbus uses US measurements - i.e., not the metric system?
- neves 1y agoI'm speechless
- tim333 1y agoThey use SAE nuts and bolts. "Society of Automotive Engineers and refers to the system of inch-based fasteners used primarily in North America"
- mmooss 1y agoIs that the standard in the airline industry? For example, does Embraer use SAE too? Lockheed (I thought the US military used metric)?