Commerical Airline Pilot?

Question

Do you have to have 20/20 vision without glasses/contacts to be a commercial airline pilot? I don't have 20/20 vision but I have contacts.

Answer 1

To pass the medical exam to be an airline pilot you must have 20/20 vision... can be corrected to 20/20 but if you use contacts for the test you must wear them whenever you are in the cockpit...

Answer 2

No you dont need 20/20 vision without glasses or contacts. But you do need 20/20 vision. If you need glasses or contacts to achieve this wear them.

Answer 3

Eye.

Eye 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.

Answer 4

must be correctable to 20/20 you can have corrective lenses. But some eye problems cant be waved. I cannot fly . I have 20/400 uncorrectable vision in one eye
So i joined the army and fix helicopters :D

Answer 5

i think you need it when you enter the airline buisiness. go check in FAA

Answer 6

it's ok as long as you wear your contacts

Answer 7

i dont think you have to