Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:48 am
#1700426
I doubt very much anybody will fix this, but I feel the need for a rant.
Like most people, I fly in knots, and plan in nautical miles. Most Brits, French, Americans, etc. etc. etc. all do this.
In Europe, visibility is reported in metres or kilometres, so are horizontal cloud separation minima, approach visibility minima, etc.
In North America, visibility is reported in statute miles, horizontal cloud separation minima are given either in thousands of feet (occasionally hundreds) or in statute miles. Approach visibility minima ditto.
Just possibly, could the world be persuaded TO GIVE VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES. I can handle even my approach minima being given in decimal or quarter miles, but it would just be so much more consistent for absolutely everybody. I can't think of any instance where anybody needs visibility requirements or minima giving more precisely than to the nearest 0.1nm, which would probably make for a really easy to handle standard.
It would just make life, flying around the world, that little bit easier, for absolutely no apparent loss anywhere.
G
Like most people, I fly in knots, and plan in nautical miles. Most Brits, French, Americans, etc. etc. etc. all do this.
In Europe, visibility is reported in metres or kilometres, so are horizontal cloud separation minima, approach visibility minima, etc.
In North America, visibility is reported in statute miles, horizontal cloud separation minima are given either in thousands of feet (occasionally hundreds) or in statute miles. Approach visibility minima ditto.
Just possibly, could the world be persuaded TO GIVE VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES. I can handle even my approach minima being given in decimal or quarter miles, but it would just be so much more consistent for absolutely everybody. I can't think of any instance where anybody needs visibility requirements or minima giving more precisely than to the nearest 0.1nm, which would probably make for a really easy to handle standard.
It would just make life, flying around the world, that little bit easier, for absolutely no apparent loss anywhere.
G
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