TheBile 0 #1 August 11, 2003 Does anyone know what the visual acuity requirements are for an FAA Private Pilot's Licence ? I've tried searching the FAA website but can't find that specific detail.Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #2 August 11, 2003 QuoteDoes anyone know what the visual acuity requirements are for an FAA Private Pilot's Licence ? I've tried searching the FAA website but can't find that specific detail. Correctable to 20/20. That's my understanding. Don't know if there are any waivers to this. Would you want a pilot that didn't have correctable sight to that acuity? No, I don't have a link to that requirement. I'm just thinking with logic.Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #3 August 11, 2003 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. FAR med reqsnamaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #4 August 11, 2003 QuoteQuoteDoes anyone know what the visual acuity requirements are for an FAA Private Pilot's Licence ? I've tried searching the FAA website but can't find that specific detail. Correctable to 20/20. That's my understanding. Don't know if there are any waivers to this. Would you want a pilot that didn't have correctable sight to that acuity? No, I don't have a link to that requirement. I'm just thinking with logic. My first CFI when I did my private training was blind in one eye, yet he held a class 2 medical. Maybe the rules have changed since then, but obviously it was waiverable at that time. He was also a FAA designated examiner. (My 2nd CFI and CFII for my instrument certificate only had one arm... He held an ATP and class 1 medical) Thinking logically Chris? It's the government, it doesn't have to make sense.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #5 August 11, 2003 QuoteQuoteQuoteDoes anyone know what the visual acuity requirements are for an FAA Private Pilot's Licence ? I've tried searching the FAA website but can't find that specific detail. Correctable to 20/20. That's my understanding. Don't know if there are any waivers to this. Would you want a pilot that didn't have correctable sight to that acuity? No, I don't have a link to that requirement. I'm just thinking with logic. My first CFI when I did my private training was blind in one eye, yet he held a class 2 medical. Maybe the rules have changed since then, but obviously it was waiverable at that time. He was also a FAA designated examiner. (My 2nd CFI and CFII for my instrument certificate only had one arm... He held an ATP and class 1 medical) Thinking logically Chris? It's the government, it doesn't have to make sense. I'm not saying there aren't exceptions. I used to have a waiver for my uncorrected vision because it was beyond 20/400 but corrected to 20/20. They dropped that rule. Now that PDS has posted more specific info I see I wasn't totally off but was wrong in that you can have 20/40 vision corrected or uncorrected.Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBile 0 #6 August 11, 2003 I'm in the UK so am governed by the Civil Aviation Authority. Unfortunately under their current Class 2 Medical for a Private Pilots Licence my left eye does not meet the requirement on account of amblyopia (lazy eye) which I have had since birth. My right eye (corrected) is above the standard they require though. I was told by a couple of chopper pilots that I may be able to pass an FAA medical as they are not as stringent on visual acuity for a weak eye as the CAA is. Just trying to find out if this is true. I've contacted an FAA AME in this country and am waitng her initial response.Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
