Contact Lenses

[insanebikerboy]

As for glasses/contacts, nobody "checks" to see if you wear glasses or not.

Playing with fire there. If you're supposed to wear glasses, wear them. When I was in the ht's a stud was supposed to wear them, didn't, the IP saw him squinting and asked if he was supposed to wear glasses, which he was. Downed the flight, and i think he got in some serious sh!t because of it.

 

[BACONATOR]

Playing with fire there. If you're supposed to wear glasses, wear them. When I was in the ht's a stud was supposed to wear them, didn't, the IP saw him squinting and asked if he was supposed to wear glasses, which he was. Downed the flight, and i think he got in some serious sh!t because of it.

You misunderstand. That wasn't my intention at ALL. I was merely saying that if you wear contacts, then wear them. The IP doesn't know you wear glasses so he won't know to ask (unless he's seen you with them before). I was just making the point that wearing glasses/contacts if YOUR issue and not really regulated.

If you need correction, WEAR the correction. You can wear glasses or contacts or whatever you want.

First time anyone ever knew I wear glasses was on my night contact flight with my clear visor. We were waiting on the ground for a maintenance issue, and he made fun of the horrendous frames.

 

[ea6bflyr]

First time anyone ever knew I wear glasses was on my night contact flight with my clear visor. We were waiting on the ground for a maintenance issue, and he made fun of the horrendous frames.

Were you wearing your BC glasses?

-ea6bflyr

 

[BACONATOR]

Were you wearing your BC glasses?


-ea6bflyr

Never got them! Thank god the flight doc at OCS had a heart for a kid with vision barely less than perfect.... I was wearing the issued clear-lens gold-frame aviators.....ugh...HEINOUS!

 

[Afterburner76]

AFAIK, the Navy WILL pay for contacts once you're a winged aviator, but not in flight school. As for glasses/contacts, nobody "checks" to see if you wear glasses or not. If you wear contacts, they'll probably just assume that you don't wear glasses if they even think about it. Wear what you want to wear.

Nobody has asked to see my upchit thus far....

Good luck explaining to the board that you weren't wearing your glasses on the fateful day you have to eject for whatever reason... (and if you're wearing "unauthorized" contacts, i.e. no letter from the doc, that won't help your case)

As for contacts, the Navy WILL give them to you as a stud in flight school WITH a flight doc referral. It's as easy as asking for them.

 

[nugget81]

My understanding is that this is only the case AFTER you have received the PRK waiver. According to the NOMI Waiver Guide, you must be uncorrected 20/20 to receive the waiver.

Sounds about right to me.

 

[mb1k]

I have the perspective from both services...

While in the Navy, I my vision went to 20/25 at the tender age of 28. I got glasses... PITA. LAMPS OICs have a tendency to be letter of the law. I couldn't fly with my visor up, and the reflection of the glasses off the visor was distracting at night. Night deck landings were sporty when you had to turn of the ECS and flick on contingency power. The glasses would start to fog up between the humidity of the gulf and sandwiching between the visor and my skin.

My HAC continually berated me about putting my visor up on landing! I'm NOT KIDDING. He'd insist that I put my visor down per instruction regardless if the glasses fogged up or not!! TALK ABOUT LAMPS IDIOCY!! I got contacts the minute I found out about the contact lens program.

Contacts have been wonderful. Only problem is when you're in the desert with low humidity (no humidity). The jet doesn't come with a humidifier ... so bring along one of those contact lens friendly wetting drops.

NAVY ROCKS. THEY PAY FOR YOUR EXAM, LENSES, AND A YEARS SUPPLY OF SOLUTION.

The AF give you the exam. You pay for the rest.... who'd a thunk?

 

[Gatordev]

He'd insist that I put my visor down per instruction regardless if the glasses fogged up or not!! TALK ABOUT LAMPS IDIOCY!! I got contacts the minute I found out about the contact lens program.

For the record, I never ran into the above in the fleet, but it always amuses me when people beat the "visor down" drum and yet we all fly around w/ no visors and a big, heavy glass tube in front of our eye nowadays. I'm thinking a pelican is going to hurt more head on w/ goggles on, yet it's SOP and "okay."

 

[CommodoreMid]

Do you know if they'll still pay if you have a history of GPC? It doesn't affect my ability to wear contacts, though I've been diagnosed with it.

 

[arbor]

Was touched on a bit, but any more opinions/experience on how the contacts hold up under G?

 

[a_m]

Was touched on a bit, but any more opinions/experience on how the contacts hold up under G?

I never had any problems thus far ~5 g's

 

[mb1k]

Was touched on a bit, but any more opinions/experience on how the contacts hold up under G?

I didn't know it was even an issue. No problems at 7.1 Gs for me... so far.