“Fox News host Anna Kooiman speculated on Sunday that an AirAsia flight could have gone missing because international pilots were trained using the metric system.
During breaking coverage of missing Flight QZ8501, Kooiman asked former FAA spokesperson Scott Brenner if the “real reason” the plane had disappeared was because of the “different way other countries train their pilots.”
“Even when we think about temperature, it’s Fahrenheit or Celsius,” she pointed out. “It’s kilometers or miles. You know, everything about their training could be similar, but different.”
Brenner, however, said that the major difference between international pilots and U.S. pilots was the reliance on automatic pilot.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe-fox-host-speculates-metric-system-brought-down-airasia-flight/
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The Faux host is obviously mixed up in her understanding of the issues….however: If memory serves me …In the past there have been incidents caused by a mix up in the unit systems used. For instance loading fuel measured in lbs and someone thought it was measured in KG.
When I was in Elementary School, around 1966,
I remember my math teacher telling us we would and should be using the metric system by the time we were in High School. Well not yet…most likely because ignorant people like this Faux host resist change. As it stands now there are only 3 countries not using the metric system. The only remaining non metric countries in the world are the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar (Burma). Thanks to the luddite minded people in our country we are still back in the 20th century. Aren’t we AWESOME? ;)