ok, not wishing to have an ‘argument’, but you are still wrong.
Fuel is NOT more commonly referred to by “volume(gallons)” than by weight IN AVIATION which is what this about.
Thank you for calming it down.
But no...that wasn't the context of the remarks I was making that you responded to - the context in which I was saying that was in reference to why that person (and others who have been giving public information since the mayor) misspoke and said "gallons" and not "pounds" and how that error (which from the beginning I said was an error if you go back to my first comments in that chain) was understandable. It is absolutely correct most people refer to fuel in terms of volume and not weight...you know that as well as I do. The subject was *not* whether or not saying "gallons" was incorrect in terms of aviation but why the error was likely made by those like the mayor in their public comments.
You jumped in midstream not seeing the context and said I was "wrong" so then I came back confused and said "so are you saying gallons actually was correct?" because I had said from the beginning pounds was correct and saying "gallons" was a misspeaking on the part of those saying "gallons". Then a series of comments of us talking past each other because the context of our remarks to each other was not the same one. But I think we've got it right now. In terms of only aviation specifically, yes, you are absolutely right...but in terms of why a layman, politician, etc. may have said the wrong thing, the explanation that most people in their experiences with measuring fuel do so in terms of volume is correct and a reasonable explanation as to why they got their terms mixed up.