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Old 22nd Sep 2007, 09:46
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FLIGHT DETENT: Ahh No mate. WE NEVER EVER USE QFE, WE ARE REQ'D TO USE QNH
Although quite a few places have both QNH and QFE on their ATIS. ( MNL is one place )
Station level pressure is QFE, so the question is really quite simple. ( i think anyway )
The Altimeter indicates the number of feet above whatever subscale setting you have. If it's QFE then it tells you how many feet you are above that pressure level. 30' per hpa is the ISA rule.
The wording in the question needs to be clarified by the original poster.
Then we'll all know
Yes thank hevens we don't need to use this crap in CX either.
We only need to remember to correct if it's damn cold outside, and we have a nice reference table in our VOL 2 Part 2 for that info.
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