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Old 1st Jun 2011, 17:02
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JimBall
 
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Welcome! Hectopascal

It must have taken some late nights, but the CAA have today issued a statement that as of November this year in the UK we must all drop "millibars" and instead use "hectopascals". All METARS & TAFS & RT will have to comply.

When I first encountered hectopascal in was in Eire. And the controllers there make it sound like Hector Pascal. So maybe we should have a Hector Pascal Day to celebrate a complete waste of time.

The figures don't change one digit - just the description.

Aren't there more pressing issues for the CAA to sort out in our industry? Or have they really just become a toy remotely controlled from Euroland?
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