Can you be a pilot with glasses?
Hey guys, i checked some posts and saw nothing on this subject. I keep hearing by a bunch of ppl that you can't become a pilot if you have vision glasses. Is it true that you need perfect 20/20 vision to become a pilot or can you have 20/20 vision with glasses. Afterall, i cant think that they would limit the spots to ppl without glasses, so many others would be rejected. Can anyone inform me a little on this?
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On the civilian side I believe there are no restrictions as long as your eyesight problems are correctable.
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That is correct. There will be a restriction on your medical that says that you must wear corrective lenses while operating aircraft.
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Originally Posted by ctd57
That is correct. There will be a restriction on your medical that says that you must wear corrective lenses while operating aircraft.
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Thats definitly true, I cannot pass a drivers test without glasses. For civlian when I do my medical occasionally I need to go to the doctors and get my glasses prescription strenghtened. No problems on teh civlian side. As far as military, I checked them out and they told not only I could not fly but even be in the military all together. Its that bad:eek: . I am not dissapointed, I'd rather have a cute FA behind me than a navigator, FE, or Bombs anyday.
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Originally Posted by ctd57
That is correct. There will be a restriction on your medical that says that you must wear corrective lenses while operating aircraft.
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Originally Posted by Crownz
Hey guys, i checked some posts and saw nothing on this subject. I keep hearing by a bunch of ppl that you can't become a pilot if you have vision glasses. Is it true that you need perfect 20/20 vision to become a pilot or can you have 20/20 vision with glasses. Afterall, i cant think that they would limit the spots to ppl without glasses, so many others would be rejected. Can anyone inform me a little on this?
Same goes for color blindness, you will have restrictions, unless you can pass the tests. Also, I don't know how, but you can still obtain a first class medical even if you are blind in one eye. There was an article on AvWeb not to long ago stating that there is somewhere around 200 ATP Rated Pilots who are blind in one eye. I'm not sure how this works, or what your restrictions are, but unless you are completely blind, eyesight problems don't seem to be a huge problem to overcome. |
Originally Posted by Taylor0289
Do contact lenses count?
Also as far as I know, laser surgery is now an acceptable form of vision correction and wont disqualify you from a first class medical. Hope I didn't just kick a dead horse. |
That's Reasuring!
Thanks! That's pretty reassuring, because i would have been pretty ****ed if i was disqualified due to my eyesight. When you say civilian side, do you mean Private Jets aswell as big planes such as The Airbus or Commercial Airplanes?
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Originally Posted by Crownz
When you say civilian side, do you mean Private Jets aswell as big planes such as The Airbus or Commercial Airplanes?
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