Originally Posted by
Gonzo
It was a very good idea to standardise and adopt ‘hectopascals’ as the unit of pressure, which most of the rest of the world already used.
The more UK-only idiosyncrasies we can eliminate the better.
While there was some resistance at the time of change, that soon disappeared. It’s just what we use now, and has had no adverse impact.
There seems to be a general CAA campaign to reduce the number of 'differences' the UK files with ICAO procedures.