An airline senior captain went to the company doctor for his
regular 6 month First Class physical. There was a new
doctor on duty, seems the old doc had to go to the hospital
because of hip surgery.
Anyway, the captain filled out the forms and the young
doctor proceeded with the examination. Everything was fine
until they got to the eye exam. The captain could see just
fine close up, but could hardly even see the eye chart from
20 feet away.
The young doctor was shocked, he knew that the captain's
eyes had not gotten so bad in only 6 months. He asked the
captain, "How do you see to fly?"

To which then captain answered, "I'm the most senior pilot
with the company, I get my choice of routes and crew. I
always select the new co-pilots. I let them do a lot of the
work. I can see the instruments just fine and can nail an
ILS right down to 100 feet."
"But how do you land?" asked the doctor.
That's the easiest part, I just keep the ILS centered until
the co-pilot screams "Oh, my God!"


Then I flare.



"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in
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| Sylvain wrote:
| something you may want to practice with an instructor or
another
| pilot on board, but have you tried to fly with the
glasses off? I
| mean, just in case; I was somewhat surprised to find
out that I
| can land the thing if I have to (if I happen to loose
both glasses)
|
|
| I lost my glasses once while snorkling the Itchtucknee
River in northern
| Florida; didn't have any others with me either. Damn.
One of the guys with me
| was an airline captain but he hadn't flown a small
airplane in some time. I see
| well enough to fly instuments without the correction, I
can see the runway, etc.
| What I can't see is traffic. I had the corrective lenses
that are epoxied into
| my face mask but it would fog up if I used it out of the
water. So.... I used
| the airline pilot as my spare eyeballs for distance
vision..
|
| Worked out fine. I will say I never flew without backup
glasses after that. I
| also constructed a zip up pouch to go on my buoyancy
compensator so I wouldn't
| lose my glasses when I go in the water again. That's
worked out fine also. And
| my sunglasses are corrected now as well.
|
| Better safe than sorry.
|
|
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| Mortimer Schnerd, RN
| mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
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