Last time I was on Delta their in-flight magazine explained baggage size
restrictions in a variety of languages: English, German, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese (at least). All were in SI except
the English and Chinese. Go figure? The only thing I could think of was
that this was for Hong Kong residents. I only know a few characters so I
wouldn't be able to tell if it was directed at Cantonese or Mandarin
speakers.
Scott C
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Jim Gottlieb
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 11:26 AM
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9859] RE: Flight Statistics
>
>
> On 2000-12-19 at 06:07, Bill Potts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > TWA alternates between SI and FFU, both in English. Virgin
> Atlantic shows
> > FFU only. I forget what American Airlines shows, but I seem to
> remember it
> > being the same as TWA.
>
> Singapore Airlines shows only SI, alternating between English and an
> alternate language (Japanese when I fly them to and from Japan;
> Chinese, when flying to Taiwan). However, the pilot's announcements
> usually mention both.
>
> On a recent U.S. domestic flight, the pilot announced our altitude in
> meters, the first time I've heard that in this country.
>
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