ICAO to revise "standard atmosphere"

the_professor · Post by **the_professor** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:45 pm

Heard that ICAO is going to decree that all POH, AFM, and FMS procedures/calculations be revised to reflect the 1 degree F increase in average atmospheric temperatures that have occurred over the past 100 years.

They are going to apply a surcharge to all ICAO member nations in order to fund the revisions and reviews. Member nations' regulators (TC in our case) will then pass the charges along to pilots in the form of surcharges on their medical renewals.

All E6Bs will also be recalibrated to reflect the new "standard" temperature of 15.5C instead of the current 15C.

Way to go, climate change nazis. This is only the beginning of the kind of BS we'll be seeing because of the blind acceptance of shaky theories.

shimmydampner · Post by **shimmydampner** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:09 am

Quit being such a bitch. Jeezuz Christ. It has nothing to do with "shaky" theories. It has to do with the hard, indisputable fact that the earth is warmer now than it was 100 years ago. Wether the cause of that is natural or human activity-induced is irrelevant. Quit your goddam whining about this topic it's exhausting.

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:38 am

Slap! Ouch!

Cool avatar, BTW.

the_professor · Post by **the_professor** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:15 am

shimmydampner wrote:indisputable fact that the earth is warmer now than it was 100 years ago.

Also indisputable is that it was warmer 100 years ago than it was 1000 years ago, and warmer 1000 years ago than it was 10,000 years ago, and so on, right back to the last ice age.

Humans didn't cause the last 100,000 years of warming, so let's not worry about the last 100 either.

fanspeed · Post by **fanspeed** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:19 am

Prove it. You're starting to be a relic...................

the_professor · Post by **the_professor** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:12 am

fanspeed wrote:Prove it. You're starting to be a relic...................

Yep, I'm a relic because I'm not jumping on what is suddenly the "biggest issue ever". Whatever.

Just wait until there's another terrorist attack, or the economy tanks, and the environment issue will go where it always goes -- right to the back of everyone's conciousness for 10-15 years until it becomes the flavour of the week once again...

trey kule · Post by **trey kule** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:06 am

Help me on this one if it is not a troll.

the ISA is relatively arbitrary in that sea level is an average...the sea never actually being level. Now why would you have to recalibrate E6Bs, as our aircraft instruments are all calibrated on the present ISA.

Explain this all to me professeur, unless of course it is a troll, and then congratulations...you got my attention.

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:34 pm

Where'd who go? · Post by **Where'd who go?** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:20 pm