First off, I just want to say to the founders of this board...it's great to have such a resource on the 'net for us who are contempletaing a career in military aviation and are looking to learn more or just hang out with people that share a similar interest.
My question at the moment is this: Plainly spoke, I'm a good deal nearsighted, but my goal is to become a pilot (either fixed or rotary wing) in a branch of the service.
The Marines have always been at the top of my list, and looking at vision requirements for Navy/Marine aviators, it looks like the "spec" calls for an applicant's uncorrected vision can be no worse than 20/100 (correctable to 20/20) in each eye.
Now, since I'm nearsighted, and don't believe my vision is as good as 20/100 (don't know how "bad" this is, and I need to get a vision test since I haven't had one in years!), what are my chances of becoming a military aviator?
Is it possibly to have PRK surgery before going into the military and still be able to fly?
I guess what confuses my is that they state "uncorreted" vision can be no worse that 20/100...but what if you have the surgery before you take the test?
Thanks,
Jelly.
My question at the moment is this: Plainly spoke, I'm a good deal nearsighted, but my goal is to become a pilot (either fixed or rotary wing) in a branch of the service.
The Marines have always been at the top of my list, and looking at vision requirements for Navy/Marine aviators, it looks like the "spec" calls for an applicant's uncorrected vision can be no worse than 20/100 (correctable to 20/20) in each eye.
Now, since I'm nearsighted, and don't believe my vision is as good as 20/100 (don't know how "bad" this is, and I need to get a vision test since I haven't had one in years!), what are my chances of becoming a military aviator?
Is it possibly to have PRK surgery before going into the military and still be able to fly?
I guess what confuses my is that they state "uncorreted" vision can be no worse that 20/100...but what if you have the surgery before you take the test?
Thanks,
Jelly.