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by jeanlou 1263 days ago
Some of us are in countries that use the metric system. So "everyone" is quite a sweeping statement.
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The aviation industry uses feet for measuring altitude. Doesn't matter if you're a metric or imperial fanboi, the standard is feet for measuring altitude.

Only a handful of countries use meters for measuring altitude, and as far as I'm aware they are feeling the pressure to reform to using feet for sake of consistency (read: safety).

Besides, denoting both meters and feet like I did will guarantee everyone will understand one way or another.

Fair enough, except that we aren't talking about the aviation industry here.
Except we are, airships are part of the aviation industry unless I'm missing something.