computer addict...can affect eyes and result in failure in aviation industry?

Question

one of my dream is to become a pilot....

but the problem is.......?

i'm a computer addict..........

i don't know really if my eyes was already damaged.....?

what test should i do to know if my vision still normal..........?


and what are the vision test usually doing if you apply as a pilot.....


tnx....

Answer 1

Go get a complete eye exam, however stay away from Viagra it causes loss of the ability to tell the difference between the colors blue and green. Pilots are not allowed to use Viagra hours before their flights because of this.

Answer 2

I've been sat in front of a computer since 1977 and my eyes are still great for anything except very close work, under 10 inches. Computers are not destroying the world's eye sight, find something else to blame, in most cases it's just genetics, luck of the draw. In any case, you are allowed to use glasses, just not as a fighter pilot.

Answer 3

FAR 67.103 lays out what your vision needs to be for a class 1 phical for your eyes....
standards for a first-class airman medical certificate are:

(a) Distant visual acuity of 20/20 or better in each eye separately, with or without corrective lenses. If corrective lenses (spectacles or contact lenses) are necessary for 20/20 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. If age 50 or older, near vision of 20/40 or better, Snellen equivalent, at both 16 inches and 32 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) Normal fields of vision.

(e) 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.

(f) Bifoveal fixation and vergence-phoria relationship sufficient to prevent a break in fusion under conditions that may reasonably be expected to occur in performing airman duties. Tests for the factors named in this paragraph are not required except for persons found to have more than 1 prism diopter of hyperphoria, 6 prism diopters of esophoria, or 6 prism diopters of exophoria. If any of these values are exceeded, the Federal Air Surgeon may require the person to be examined by a qualified eye specialist to determine if there is bifoveal fixation and an adequate vergence-phoria relationship. However, if otherwise eligible, the person is issued a medical certificate pending the results of the examination.

if you have any more questions you can go to the FAA website, www.faa.gov, and look at the full regulation

Answer 4

Staring at computer screens all day wont cause you to lose your license. You are allowed to wear glasses or contacts and be a pilot. In fact, modern airplanes don't have gauges, they have computer screens in them,, so we sit there and stare at computer screens all day.