FMC kg and meters

[henrimarch]

I don't know if this is the right place for this question, so if not excuse me.

In the preferences you can set FMC inputs to kg and meters, however the Flight Level entry must be entered in feet.

Is this intentional ?

Piet.

[sizziano]

  On 4/25/2016 at 5:07 PM, henrimarch said:

I don't know if this is the right place for this question, so if not excuse me.

In the preferences you can set FMC inputs to kg and meters, however the Flight Level entry must be entered in feet.

Is this intentional ?

Piet.

Of course. Flying is in feet all over the world with the notable exception of Russia and China.

[Chrjs]

  On 4/25/2016 at 10:46 PM, sizziano said:

Of course. Flying is in feet all over the world with the notable exception of Russia and China.

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Actually, in Russia they have changed to FL (so feet) above TA/TL some time ago. Only below is still meters.

 

http://www.ifalpa.org/downloads/Level1/Briefing%20Leaflets/Air%20Traffic%20Services/12ATSBL06%20-%20Russian%20RVSM%20introduction.pdf

Edited April 26, 2016 by Chrjs

[henrimarch]

Yes I realized this after I posted this, because also all the charts are in feet, I think. You would create chaos if it came with two versions.

Thanks for the reply.

[sizziano]

  On 4/26/2016 at 7:49 AM, Chrjs said:

Actually, in Russia they have changed to FL (so feet) above TA/TL some time ago. Only below is still meters.

 

http://www.ifalpa.org/downloads/Level1/Briefing%20Leaflets/Air%20Traffic%20Services/12ATSBL06%20-%20Russian%20RVSM%20introduction.pdf

Hmm interesting. I feel like this might cause unneeded confusion no?