Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
A friend of mine wants to take the plunge but tells me his eye doc can't quite get his vision corrected to 20/20... I think like 20/35 is as good as he can get it with glasses.
What are his options?
Has anyone run into this before?
Depends on which plunge. For a PPL all he needs is 20/40 bilaterally. Class 1 or 2 he’ll need a SODA for less than 20/20 bilaterally, but those are not really all that difficult usually. In fact, they grant those two pilots that only have monocular vision.
How prudent STARTING a CAREER in aviation is, with only one eye correctable to 20/20, might be a different story, but the FAA will generally let you do it.