I`ve heard that they are seriously tasted... that from 100 normal people only 2-3 succed at the physical test (i mean evrything before knowledge test)....after all what do they ask you to do?
2006-12-16 21:34:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
If you are generally in good health physical test should not be a problem...
2006-12-17 19:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by Eagle Eye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. Don't know the exact percentage, but there way more than 2-3 per hundred that pass military and civilian aviation physical exams.
Case and point: If that were the case, there would be maybe 100 US Navy student aviators commissioned every year. (20 or so from USNA, about the same from NROTC and the remainder from OCS). Instead, you get at least twice that many from OCS, NROTC and OCS each.
As far as what they physical entails, I can only speak from the military side of the house. Blood and urine tests, standard physical, eye & ear tests and the take a bunch of measurements: sitting height, butt-to-knee length, knee to ankle, reach and a few more.
2006-12-17 09:47:46 · answer #2 · answered by ENS Bubba 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the US military perspective, you need to have:
Pilot
20/20 uncorrected near and far vision (this changes occasionally to "Correctable")
Good depth perception
No history of heart conditions
No history of asthma
No history of blacking-out/unconsciousness
No history of chronic: colds, hayfever, sinusitis
Physical dimensions fit th cockpit, specifically sitting height, length of thigh etc. This is to ensure you will fit into an ejection seat.
Navigator/Naval Flight Officer
Correctable vision to 20/20
Depth perception depends on service, for me in USAF I had to show good depth. Navy at that time didn't require it
Rest as above.
Typically the "Class 1 Flight Physical" as it's called in the US, screens out about 30-40% of applicants. Numbers are actually going up, due to worsening distance vision,and physical fitness in the 18 -25 population
There's also a academic/reasoning/spatial interpretation test you have to take. It's not hard. Finally for USAF pilot candidates, they take a simulator evaluation to see if they have the basic coordination and reactions. If you've got some flying time, again no problem.
2006-12-17 16:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An airline pilot test is not scary or hard at all.
Also depends on which country you want to become a pilot in.
Basically, no scars on your body, tatoos and such.
Check your heart and blood and urine.
Check your eyes of course, but you can wear eye glasses.
Check your reflexes.
Almost like any regular health check up. Not much!
2006-12-17 06:32:34 · answer #4 · answered by justfornets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An airline pilot test is not scary or hard at all.
Also depends on which country you want to become a pilot in.
Basically, no scars on your body, tatoos and such.
Check your heart and blood and urine.
Check your eyes of course, but you can wear eye glasses.
Check your reflexes.
Almost like any regular health check up. Not much!
2006-12-17 06:53:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
nothing to it
2006-12-17 09:33:51 · answer #6 · answered by Golly Geewiz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋