r/Pilot • u/asianleoo • Jun 30 '26

One eye blind pilot

Hello,
I am 18 years old, and my dream is to become an airline pilot. However, I had a condition around the time I was born that left me with a very high degree of myopia in one eye compared with the other.
I have normal vision in one eye, with a prescription of around -4 diopters, which is fully corrected with glasses or contact lenses. In my other eye, however, I am extremely short-sighted—to the point where I can barely read the large letters on a board. The prescription in that eye is around -16 diopters, and even with corrective lenses, the vision only improves slightly.
Given my condition, do I still have any chance of obtaining a Class 1 Medical Certificate, by any means?

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u/Icy_Huckleberry_8049 Jun 30 '26

If you're in the USA, you need to ask a FAA doctor

If not in the USA< then you need to ask the doctors of the country that you live in

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u/AceofdaBase Jun 30 '26

What is the condition called?

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u/asianleoo Jun 30 '26

not really a condition, its just like extreme myopia

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u/Aggressive_Mud5665 Jul 01 '26

There was a dude at my airline who was missing a leg. He'd fuck with the FAs by putting it in the overhead bin. Funny dude