I was wondering if anybody here has personal experience with this:
Suppose you wanted to get a FAA Class 2 medical to go for your CPL (already have a PPL) but your eyesight in one eye was just outside the limits (20/40, corrected).The other is 20/20, corrected.
Now I heard of plenty of cases of commercial pilots with various vision defects, including only having one eye, still getting Class 2 and even Class 1 medicals. Either through a waiver or through a Statement Of Demonstrated Ability.
Has anyone here gone through this process? Is it worth a try?
By: Whiskey Delta - 5th May 2009 at 05:12
I don’t have any personally experience with a SODA and the only one’s any classmate carried was for color blindness. My guess is that it would be tough to get a SODA for anything other than a 3rd class medical for something of this type. Honestly the easiest and most accurate answer would come from a quick phone call to your AME.
This is probably a topic for the General Aviation forum too.
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May 5, 2009 at 5:02 am