Year ago I got my the doctor who gave me my FAA physical to put my height in
cm and my weight in kg. Nothing was said for a number of years, probably 10
if memory serves me correctly. Then the FAA in Oklahoma City decreed that
only inches and pounds were acceptable. Now the height and weight question
is not asked of the pilot applicant. When filling in forms I always enter
173 (cm) for height and 67 (kg) for weight (without the bits in brackets) in
the appropriate box. When I get the document back, the entries are
transposed, my new dimensions (on the document) 173 lbs and am 67 inches
high. I've had these errors corrected on a number of documents.
I don't think they ask the height weight question any more on passport
applications.
I love doing this just for the sake of it. Another reason my speedometer is
in km/h!
Mike Payne
----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 10 March 2009 21:02
Subject: [USMA:43659] Re: Metric personal data was Re: 24 hour time
Interesting. Has anyone ever insisted on giving metric height on either a
US Passport application or a state driver's license? If so, how did it
go?
Congress seems unduly concerned with not forcing any citizen to go metric.
However, for those of us who have voluntarily gone metric, I'm not sure
they are equally concerned about accepting metric data from us or
providing metric data to us.
However, if metric is the preferred system of measurment in the United
States (ha-ha!) it would seem quite unnatural to force those of us who are
metric to use the non-preferred measurement system, wouldn't it.
(I must confess that in the past I have simply wanted the process to go
smoothly and not add delay to the slow, grinding pace of bureaucracy.)
--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Bill Hooper <hooperb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I gave my height in centimetres and mass in kilograms, too,
by the way. No problem!
Bill Hooper
