I expected just a small giggle from the Liverpool controller the other day when I read back '3000ft qnh 1005 fruit pastilles'......but I didn't get one.

Of course if you are flying through Father Ted country they are fecktopascals!!

LEGAL,

Nothing wrong with change when it brings genuine improvement or progress, otherwise we'd still be living in mud huts. But change which actually results in less accuracy (oktas to Few etc) or - Heaven forbid - change to fit in with M. Sarkozy's aviateurs ............... :yuk::yuk:

BC I expect they have already heard most of the sillies by now

Sorry to hear that, buzz. We usually appreciate a bit of humour on the r/t.
Must have been F-watch on that day...

The thing is, a hPa isn't even an SI unit, so why are the frog's whinging about it.

You can measure pressure in anyway you want, whether it be in mmHg or, InchesHg or milBar, why make everything so difficult?

Que? The pascal is the SI unit for pressure & hecto is the prefix for 100.

Le Pingouin, you can prove anything you like with "facts", but you're getting in the way of a good old-fashioned froggy-bashing, so kindly get back in your box.