im currently putting in a officer package, and i was curious to some of the specific medical standards you guys have. I heard no less than 20/20 vision...but i also heard ability to be corrected to 20/20. and i cant find it on the STA-21 site.


They said 80% of core option go Pilot, and 60% go Nursing.

Im find with either.


ET3
USN

1/27/2006 5:38:36 PM

bttt

1/27/2006 8:04:12 PM

USN, correct?

Navy standards are 20/20 uncorrected...but they waiver up to 20/40, if i remember correctly, provided you're within refractive standards (cone and sphere measurements or something like that)

1/27/2006 8:13:20 PM

crap, im 20/50

1/27/2006 8:21:07 PM

well, my experience was a couple of years ago...the standards could have potentially been relaxed again, but i haven't heard anything about it.

try http://www.airwarriors.com

and you know PRK (NOT LASIK) is approved now, right? it'll cost you about $3500 if you do it on your own, but the military will do it for free at their facilities sometimes. I don't know what the details on that deal are, though. I think it involves a lengthy wait, but if you don't have your degree yet and you're thinking about being an OC (or whatever the USN equivalent of a MECEP is called), you might could get it done while you're in college.

another option is NFO. If you wanna go strike or strike fighter, the one good thing about NFO (over pilot) is that you have much better odds of getting the pointy nosed stuff.

1/27/2006 8:26:32 PM

Quote :

"pointy nosed stuff."

i laughed at that

1/27/2006 9:50:05 PM

I know someone who used to be practically blind, and had correction surgery who now is a pilot... He had to get the surgery and take the eye test, of couse, before even being considered.

1/27/2006 10:55:22 PM

yeah, most people see 20/15 or so after PRK, it seems. Almost EVERYONE gets at least 20/20.

It hurts like hell, though!

1/27/2006 11:07:34 PM

what are the vision restrictions for regular civilian pilots who just want a standard pilots license, maybe IFR at most? im blind in my left eye and use corrective lenses in my right (read: coke bottle)

1/27/2006 11:27:39 PM

You need (at least) a 3rd class medical certificate to fly as a private pilot.

Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 67—MEDICAL STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION
Subpart D—Third-Class Airman Medical Certificate
§ 67.303 Eye.

Quote :

"Eye standards for a third-class airman medical certificate are: (a) Distant visual acuity of 20/40 or better in each eye separately, with or without corrective lenses. If corrective lenses (spectacles or contact lenses) are necessary for 20/40 vision, the person may be eligible only on the condition that corrective lenses are worn while exercising the privileges of an airman certificate. (b) Near vision of 20/40 or better, Snellen equivalent, at 16 inches in each eye separately, with or without corrective lenses. (c) Ability to perceive those colors necessary for the safe performance of airman duties. (d) No acute or chronic pathological condition of either eye or adnexa that interferes with the proper function of an eye, that may reasonably be expected to progress to that degree, or that may reasonably be expected to be aggravated by flying. "

See also http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/medical_certification/faq/

1/28/2006 1:28:33 AM

[Edited on January 28, 2006 at 2:23 AM. Reason : nm]

1/28/2006 2:22:42 AM

sir, too many acronyms...



ET3

1/28/2006 3:20:20 AM

wait a tick... I'm about 20/30 w/o lenses... but I cannot easily wear contacts... am I still a candidate to be a fighter pilot... I'm not being a dick, that was one of my dreams b/f my vision went south.

1/28/2006 12:11:23 PM

yeah, should be, unless there's some other issue.

1/28/2006 3:59:05 PM