Surgical hardware's impact on a USAF recruit?

Yes...all true...but very strange medical things have happened in
the Canadian Military. We once had a very experienced VPCC
(Maritime Patrol Crew Captain) lose sight in one eye when he 'bit
the dust' in Bermuda while driving a moped (what ASW guy doesn't
know those?). Anyhow, he cracked his skull which cut off one
optic nerve. They instantly grounded him and installed him into
an LMD in OPS. He fought tooth and nail for a couple of years and
got reinstated. I know him well, great guy, I was still amazed at
his accomplishments. I've never heard of any other. Last I heard
of him he was an Instructor Pilot at the school in Greenwood.

I am a one-eyed pilot, and there are many others, including the late
great Wiley Post. Loss of vision in one eye doesn't disqualify an
airline pilot either.

I did have to take a "medical flight check" with an FAA examiner, who
asked me how high the cloud layer was and what was that stuff on the
athletic field below us, then said: "I'm going to give you a SODA."
(What? All this and he's buying me a Pepsi?)

(Statement of Demonstrated Ability)


all the best -- Dan Ford
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