Ram Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I wore contacts for a couple years as part of the program for aviators, but now I'm in a non-flying billet and wish to continue wearing contacts. I'm perfectly content to purchase them myself if I have to, but does anyone know if pilots in non-flying billets can still receive contacts for free under the program? Thanks in advance for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I wore contacts for a couple years as part of the program for aviators, but now I'm in a non-flying billet and wish to continue wearing contacts. I'm perfectly content to purchase them myself if I have to, but does anyone know if pilots in non-flying billets can still receive contacts for free under the program? Thanks in advance for the help. Yes, but someone has to foot the bill. When I got them 'free', they were paid for by squadron funds. When guys in our squadron wanted them, the RA had to sign a letter for optometry stating who/what to charge. All the optometry guys cared about was the fund cite or line of accounting to charge them to. If your non-flying unit will foot the bill, you can still get them. I'm not aware of a way to get them otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dupe Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I'm on a staff job and I just had PRK done. Best decision ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Now I'm a little jealous...I've been wearing soft contacts for 8 years and I've never had them paid for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abmwaldo Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I've been in the contact lens program for ten or so years and I had contacts paid for twice. That went away as soon as sequestration hit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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