FAA/JAA medical standards : vision limits?
Tom
Currently I am a PPL student in Germany, but I would love to continue to the
"higher skies" of the CPL/ATPL. Unfortunately my vision is too bad (-5.0
dioptrics) to get the necessary class1 medical according to German
standards. Does anybody of you know about the vision limits under FAA and/or
the new European JAA standards?
Best regards,
Tom
Alan
Tom,
The FAA measure corrected vision. i.e. if you wear glasses/contact
lens, then wear them for the medical, no problems, so long as you can
achieve 20/20 with the glasses/contacts. My eyesight is slightly worse
than yours and I have a class 2 FAA medical. That is not to say an
airline would employ you, which you should check before spending the
money on going for a CPL/ATPL. IF you want, I can dig out the current
eyesight regulations from the FAA.
Regards
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Casey Snyder
Tom wrote in message <70nur9$b...@cheops.combox.de>...
>Hello!
>"higher skies" of the CPL/ATPL. Unfortunately my vision is too bad (-5.0
>dioptrics) to get the necessary class1 medical according to German
>standards. Does anybody of you know about the vision limits under FAA
and/or
Subpart B--First-Class Airman Medical Certificate
67.103 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.
Flavius Silva
>Hello!
>
>Currently I am a PPL student in Germany, but I would love to continue to the
>dioptrics) to get the necessary class1 medical according to German
>standards. Does anybody of you know about the vision limits under FAA and/or
Mine is -9.0 and I have a 1st class medical.
John - N8086N
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Jan Speidel
> Hello!
>
> Currently I am a PPL student in Germany, but I would love to continue to the
> "higher skies" of the CPL/ATPL. Unfortunately my vision is too bad (-5.0
> dioptrics) to get the necessary class1 medical according to German
> standards. Does anybody of you know about the vision limits under FAA and/or
> the new European JAA standards?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tom
Hello Tom!
I扉e got a copy of the JAR-Flight Crew Licensing Part
Regarding to "JAR-FCL 3 Subpart C, page 1-C-5, 3.350 (b) (1)" you should be
able to get the second class JAR medical. The limit is +/- 5 dioptres! So be
careful!
The limit for class one is +/- 3 dioptres.
Wenn du es genauer haben willst, dann email mir.
Bye
der Jan
Tom
thanks for this extract.... I hope that this kind of regulations will also
become valid for Europe soon....
Best regards,
Tom
Casey Snyder schrieb in Nachricht <70oqgn$7ms$1...@news.aros.net>...
>Subpart B--First-Class Airman Medical Certificate
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>67.103 Eye.
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>http://www.faa.gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far_idx.htm
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