Hello again! I’ve made it through OTS and I am finally sitting as a casual at my UPT base. I’m scheduled to start pilot training in a few months.
I had a brief optometry check today and it was very straightforward - a distance and near eye test with my glasses, an eye pressure test, and then getting a new prescription for my contact lenses.
That said, the optometrist told me there will be one more vision check a couple of weeks prior to my UPT class start. It was described as another flight physical where they’ll check both corrected and uncorrected vision (along with lots of other health checks like BP, etc)
The optometrist said I shouldn’t be worried and that barring a sharp and sudden drop in visual acuity, I should be okay for the uncorrected test before UPT. That said, are you aware of the specifics on this?
It seems like it won’t be nearly as in depth as what I had at Wright Patt, but I’m still curious as to how they’ll “measure” my uncorrected visual acuity and what constitutes a pass/fail. They did confirm that I’ll still need to meet FC1 standards until I’m winged, after which I’ll just need to meet FC2 standards. Either way, they said my vision has been stable and I shouldn’t be concerned for the last flight physical, but of course I want to be prepared for the worst.
For reference, my glasses prescription reads as follows:
Right eye: Spherical: -2.50. Cylindrical: -1.00
Left eye: Spherical: -1.75. Cylindrical: -1.00