Eye Glasses = No Aviation?

[dreamhigh]

I wear some glasses with a really low strength - i think my vision is 20/23. Will they only take potential pilots who dont wear glasses at all? Has anybody ever taken the physical, who used glasses normally, yet still passed the eye exam?

 

[rare21]

there are pilots with glasses. dont know the situations but i've seen them out there.

 

[Fly Navy]

My roommate has 20/30 vision. He must wear glasses while flying. No big deal.

You must be 20/40 or better, correctable to 20/20.

 

[dreamhigh]

Okay - according to my doctor my left eye is 20/80 and my right eye is 20/30. Yet with glasses it is correctable to 20/20. So does this mean im good to go?

 

[Fly Navy]

According to the regulations I know, no. Your 20/80 is no good. Let's see if someone with more knowledge knows.

 

[gregsivers]

I've got 20/35 or 20/30, depending on the physical. At NOMI jsut before API I found out I'd have to wear glasses, which they issue, but could still fly. As Fly said, so long as its below 20/40 correctable to 20/20 you're golden.

 

[TheBubba]

Okay - according to my doctor my left eye is 20/80 and my right eye is 20/30. Yet with glasses it is correctable to 20/20. So does this mean im good to go?

I'm almost certain you're within standards to go NFO (an option that if you really want to fly, you shouldn't rule out)

 

[dreamhigh]

I'm almost certain you're within standards to go NFO (an option that if you really want to fly, you shouldn't rule out)

good point - i do want to fly, that may be an option indeed.

 

[Fezz CB]

According to NOMI, you are exempt from SNA because you have one eye worse than 20/40. But you definitely qualify for SNFO (if it makes u feel better, I have 20/500). Check it out yourself.

http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/Nami/WaiverGuideTopics/exams.htm#sna

DVA
20/40 (minus zero) on Goodlite chart, each eye, corrected to 20/20 minus (zero) or better each eye. If uncorrected vision is less than 20/20 each eye the correction must be worn while flying

 

[illinijoe05]

You could try getting PRK that would get you within specs.

 

[nugget81]

You could try getting PRK that would get you within specs.

For 20/23 vision? That's a very big risk with very little payoff. I'm a proponent of PRK, but not in this case.

But if you're making reference to the 20/80 case, I would say go for it. I had 20/70 & 20/100 before my surgery.

 

[illinijoe05]

Yeah just for that one eye, you wouldnt find a doc who would do it to the other.

 

[nocal80]

uh, how the F do they measure down to 20/23? Do you get credit for getting some of the 20/20 line right?

 

[Goober]

uh, how the F do they measure down to 20/23? Do you get credit for getting some of the 20/20 line right?

They sneak in an ampersand on the 20/25 line. If you get it right, you get bonus points.

 

[dnweinreb]

nyuk nyuk

Seriously PRK is great. New waveform lasers make success rate over 98% these days. I had my vision corrected to 20/10 and I used to not be able to see the wall 3 feet in front of me. I still didn't get picked up for pilot but oh well, NFO is pretty friggin cool anyway.