My wife figured out that I've had a thing for flying since I was a wee lad, and went ahead and got me a Discovery Flight lesson for our anniversary. I enjoyed it even more than I could have imagined. I want to go ahead and get a PPL (3rd class med).

Now the sobering reality sets in: I had never pursued this on my own because I have anisometropic amblyopia (the one that's corrected by patching, only I had never patched) and was concerned this would keep me from ever flying.

I saw an AME today and he said I would fail as tested because my bad eye was below the standard. However, he did say the FAA would allow me to pursue "further consideration" after he submitted the paperwork, although he had an "it's worth a shot" attitude about it.

My good eye corrects to 20/20 and I do have good depth perception.

Does anyone with this condition ever get a 3rd class med/PPL?