Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu (CHAz) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: fighter pilots can have 20-70 correctable vision? Keywords: navy, air force, pilot, fighter, jet Message-ID: <1990Dec3.050356.2265@cbnews.att.com> Date: 3 Dec 90 05:03:56 GMT References: <1990Nov16.053734.23296@cbnews.att.com> <1990Nov20.021522.26890@cbnews.att.com> <1990Nov29.020205.26969@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 28 Approved: military@att.att.com From: clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu (CHAz) In article <1990Nov29.020205.26969@cbnews.att.com> geoff@circus.camex.com (Geoffrey Knauth) writes: > > >From: geoff@circus.camex.com (Geoffrey Knauth) > >In article <1990Nov20.021522.26890@cbnews.att.com> clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu (CHAz) writes: >> Perhaps. There is currently a medical waiver limit set at 20/70 >>correctable. > >I wish this waiver had existed years ago! >Now I am probably too old (30)... Yep, sorry too old, the age limit is 25 I believe. The waiver is not just for fighter pilots, but ALL people going into pilot training. All people are lumped together at the begining. It is what you do at UPT that determines if you will be a fighter pilot, not neccesarily your eyesight. CHAz -- Charles L. Allen | Between Tyranny and Freedom, Academic Computing Services | Evil and Rightousness, Syracuse University | Despair and Hope....BLOOD. clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu | *Support US Troops in Saudi Arabia* Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com