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Do they let far sighted pilots fly 747's with corrective lenses for the cockpit instruments?
Those other 50 year old guys like me need spectacles up close too! But back to the far sighted thing that makes pilots good at what they do. Is there a difference between being near and far sighted for pilots?
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- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
While my vision stayed ok for the whole time I flew B747s, up to the age of 63, when I chose to retire, I needed glasses not long afterward. I still fly, with progressive lenses, and could have passed the ATPL medical with them and been able to continue flying B747s if I had wished to do so, and indeed a number of my friends still do.
You simply need an appropriate level of correction and either the FAA or your airline will require you to carry a spare pair of glasses.
While it is legal to do so, my airline would not let us fly with contact lenses, too easy to drop one at a critical moment.
Source(s): Retired Airline Captain