Flight school vision requirements

[melhughes]

I am new but have a daughter who is very interested in naval flight training. can someone point me to where we can see what the visions requirements are since I know they are quite an issue. She has 20/40 in both eyes but has not had a thorough evaluation against the Navy'd requirements. Thanks

 

[oztin79]

I am new but have a daughter who is very interested in naval flight training. can someone point me to where we can see what the visions requirements are since I know they are quite an issue. She has 20/40 in both eyes but has not had a thorough evaluation against the Navy'd requirements. Thanks

I'm an Intel Officer Candidate, but my second choice was Naval Flight Officer, so I know some of the minimum requirements for Navy aviation. Basically, if your daughter's vision is correctable and everything else checks out, she should be good to go. My vision's 20/10 and 20/50 and they still let me apply eventhough I'm not correctible due to a special case of myopia. If she's correctible, they'll send her to laser surgery, from what I've understood. Hope this helps somewhat, but hopefully a real authority on the forum answers the question for you.

 

[BigIron]

Here's a place to start...

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

http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/NAMI/WaiverGuideTopics/ophthalmology.htm

 

[RockyMtnNFO]

Mel,

I am sorry I have not gotten the exact instruction to you yet. End of the fiscal year and I am scope-locked on a couple of last minute things.

R/

Steve

 

[ea6bflyr]

Along with eyesight requirement, you may also want to ensure her Anthro's are up to snuff. The height requirement also catches females (>=5'4").
ea6bflyr

 

[Spin]

I've known more than a few women that have stood on there toes when getting measured .... (hehe)