Contact lens and medical

requirements change as the size of the pilot pool and the demands of the
airlines for those pilots vary.

with all the approaching 60-65 pilots ready to retire.. the requirements
will change.. all you need is to pass a Class 1 with corrected vision.

BT

"Newps" wrote in message
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
wrote:

Dale wrote:

I wasted several years getting into professional aviation because of

unsubstantiated statements made by people like Dale. I remember
hearing so many times that "Professional pilots have to be 20/20, Major
airlines only hire people with 20/20 natural vision, etc."

All total BS. To get a 3rd class medical, you have to be correctable
to 20/40 (distant vision, each eye). To get a 1st or 2nd class, you
have to be correctable to 20/20 (distant vision, each eye).


To get new hired you generally need 20/20.

Not the case at all. You just need to be able to pass a class 1.