boom im getting my pilots license

Tae-Bo · Post by **Tae-Bo** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:30 pm

going in for training tomorrow morning~

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:35 pm

thought you wore glasses?

Tae-Bo · Post by **Tae-Bo** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:38 pm

i wear contacts nigga

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:52 pm

I had my eyes replaced with high powered lasers.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:53 pm

I'm white.

Thought if you wore corrective lens you couldn't be a pilot, maybe thats just the air force though. :dunno:

Minrott · Post by **Minrott** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:58 pm

hehe. Military pilots have to have 20/20 or better. Everyone else just has to have corrective to 20/20.

labbats · Post by **labbats** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:21 pm

Military pilots have to have 20/70 or better.

D.Duck/Oceanspray - check out http://www.flightinfo.com for any questions you have about pilots. Congrats.

Minrott · Post by **Minrott** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:57 pm

20/70?! Christ you have to have 20/60 to drive uncorrected.

labbats · Post by **labbats** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:52 am

Minrott wrote:20/70?! Christ you have to have 20/60 to drive uncorrected.

It's mandatory 20/70 uncorrected. However, once you're hired, you can wear glasses. Stupid? Yes, but it's just a holdover from a time long ago, and it stops everyone and their brother from applying. With that said, you can get PRK surgery, even if you have worse than 20/70 vision, and you'll be a pilot. PRK is the only approved vision correction by the Armed Forces, it's more of a surgery than lasik is.

The real stumbling block for the military to hire pilots is the 10 year commitment they require, the college education prior to enlistment, and a relatively high washout rate in training. You have to sign on the dotted line before you get a shot at being a pilot, that's tough, and I know of one guy personally who signed up to be a pilot, then was booted out of a pilot slot due to some very minor defect in one eye. But he was forced to stay in the military for several years because of the contract being signed prior to enlistment as a pilot. Ow fucking wow.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:41 am

Good luck to you Hercules~~

Tae-Bo · Post by **Tae-Bo** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:42 pm

boom i got 1 hour in my air log

brinstar · Post by **brinstar** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:39 pm

hell yeah dawg can you go to the moon

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:47 pm

That requires Cessna Class 2 to fly to the moon.

labbats · Post by **labbats** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:28 pm

Did you ask the instructor where the parachute was? That always made me laff.

Enjoy it bro, it's work, but it's fun. Just remember that over half of that license is bookwork. For every hour you fly, study an hour and you'll be set to go.