"Stefan" wrote in message
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Right.

As I understood, you said: This is the only way to set the altimeter. I
answered: No, there are a myriade of ways to do it, from which one was
chosen, probably for good reasons.

Maybe I misunderstood your first statement.


I was responding to Cockpit Colin's message on how things are done in New
Zealand. He said a correction for barometric pressure is applied only below
the transition altitude, and that there's no need for any correction for
flight levels. He assumed it's the same way in the US. I said it's the
same way everywhere, as the definitions of "transition altitude" and "flight
level" require it to be that way.