Meters vs Feet

[UgotHoraned]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anybody here knew the answer to this. When flying in countries that use Meters instead of feet for altitudes, is it required to have your altimeter reading in meters? For example if I have a digital altimeter that shows feet normally and I can change it to meters by pushing a button, am I required change it to meters or can I keep it in feet and use a conversion chart to find what level ATC wants me to fly? Also what publication would I look in to find the answer to that?

Thanks!

[Genghis the Engineer]

I think that the answer will almost certainly be in the national AIP.

I've flown in "metres" environments in GA, and found that you usually get a mixed fleet and somehow everybody copes with conversion tables and common sense. (Confuses the hell out of me, but then I'm a bear of little brain, and in the end, even I coped).

Does any country mandate metres in air transport? The only two I can think of who *might* are China and Russia, and both have unconverted western airliners going in and out regularly without incident. That said, both certainly have airports which are restricted to national aircraft only, so the rules may be different there.

G

[zondaracer]

Hopefully, this will answer more questions than it creates, but it is a good overview

http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/345714-altimeter-setting-russia.html

[UgotHoraned]

Thanks for the quick responses!

[redsnail]

We push the magic button that says "Metres". Happy days. SO much easier than whipping out a table and cross referencing every thing.