I'm convinced 1/3 of the pilots in the Air Force at some point had to challenge the Flight Surgeon kingdom to get/retain their jobs. There are a lot of Junior Varsity players in medical that don't know their own regs and do their jobs with minimal competence. I had a similar story as well...D-Bag flight surgeon told me I can challenge the results but I would never be an Air Force pilot. I think about that moron every day I put on a Flight Suit.
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evamodel00
I'm sure this wasn't your intent as your message but I'd also prefer it if my country's pilots flying our most expensive military aircraft aren't ones finding loop holes to get past poor medical condition/eyesight.
Few of these regs exist to preserve our "expensive" aircraft. The bulk of the regs serve as an arbitrary weeding-out. When short on pilots, the regs suddenly relax. Most of us are flying airliners painted gray with "USAF" slapped on the side. The Astronaut Physical should be for actual astronauts.