Does one need to have 20/20 vision to become an airline pilot?

Question

I don't know why a person would have to...........

I've seen many airline pilots wear glasses.

Just wondering

Answer 1

To hold a first class medical (be a CAPTAIN on a scheduled carrier), you will need to demonstrate 20/20 corrected or uncorrected every 6 calendar months. Nearvision can be 20/40 - 16 inches away. You can also not be declared legally blind - sort of obvious.  My medical certificate reads "Limitations: MUST WEAR CORRECTIVE LENSES." Good luck!  

EDIT: 20/30 in one eye??  Negatory on that.... 20/20 if you want a career.

Here it is straight out of the FAR's...

Title 14: Aeronautics and Space

PART 67—MEDICAL STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION

§ 67.103 Eye.

Eye standards for a first-class airman medical certificate are:

(a) Distant visual acuity of 20/20 or better in each eye separately, with or without corrective lenses. If corrective lenses (spectacles or contact lenses) are necessary for 20/20 vision, the person may be eligible only on the condition that corrective lenses are worn while exercising the privileges of an airman certificate.

(b) Near vision of 20/40 or better, Snellen equivalent, at 16 inches in each eye separately, with or without corrective lenses. If age 50 or older, near vision of 20/40 or better, Snellen equivalent, at both 16 inches and 32 inches in each eye separately, with or without corrective lenses.

(c) Ability to perceive those colors necessary for the safe performance of airman duties.

(d) Normal fields of vision.

(e) No acute or chronic pathological condition of either eye or adnexa that interferes with the proper function of an eye, that may reasonably be expected to progress to that degree, or that may reasonably be expected to be aggravated by flying.

(f) Bifoveal fixation and vergence-phoria relationship sufficient to prevent a break in fusion under conditions that may reasonably be expected to occur in performing airman duties. Tests for the factors named in this paragraph are not required except for persons found to have more than 1 prism diopter of hyperphoria, 6 prism diopters of esophoria, or 6 prism diopters of exophoria. If any of these values are exceeded, the Federal Air Surgeon may require the person to be examined by a qualified eye specialist to determine if there is bifoveal fixation and an adequate vergence-phoria relationship. However, if otherwise eligible, the person is issued a medical certificate pending the results of the examination.

Answer 2

Nope, just don't be colorblind

Answer 3

No.  One needs to have vision that is correctable to 20/30 in one eye, and no serious astigmatism.

Answer 4

No, you just need corrected 20/20 vision.