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The only thing airlines use statute miles for is in figuring out your
frequent flier miles!

On 7/17/06, Red <hellosailor@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Robert-
>  " It is also intesting to note that, near as I can reckon, the nautical mile
> has never been abandoned by the aviation and marine industries in favour of the
> kilometer. "
>
>  Incidentally, in the US, our airline industry *has* in fact abandoned the
> nautical mile, if they ever used it. While pilots may still use knots and
> nautical miles (I don't know how they'd vote) if you ask any US air carrier they
> will tell you airspeeds and distances in plain statute miles and mph. They tend
> to schedule aircraft at a convenient 500 statute mph these days, which is also a
> bit less fuel thirsty than what the aircraft really can do. I don't know of any
> official policies or pronouncements about this, that's just what "every" carrier
> in the small number I've dealt with in the past ten years has used.
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