Dear friends and followers, in today´s video we´ll be talking about "If pilots can wear glasses" ?
The answer is yes – you can wear glasses and be an airline pilot – you don’t need to have perfect vision. However you are required to have a certain standard of vision as outlined below.
The standards vary from country to country so If in any doubt, you should contact an Authorised Medical Examiner (AME) in the country that you anticipate completing your flight training in.
‘An applicant may be assessed as fit with hypermetropia not exceeding +5.0 dioptres, myopia not exceeding -6.0 dioptres, astigmatism not exceeding 2.0 dioptres, and anisometropia not exceeding 2.0 dioptres, provided that optimal correction has been considered and no significant pathology is demonstrated. Monocular visual acuities should be 6/6 or better.’
Distant visual acuity, with or without correction, shall be 6/9 or better monocularly, and 6/6 or better binocularly.
You will require a comprehensive ophthalmological examination on your initial assessment then every 5 years up to your 40th Birthday and then every 2 years.
Plus:
Pilots are required to carry a spare pair of spectacles
Pilots are not allowed to wear polarised glasses (there is a video out about that topic in my channel)
Bifocal contact lenses are not approved
