How can couler blindness effect becoming an atp pilots IN CANADA?

Question

i need to know how couler blindness can effect obtaining your atp licence and most importantly i want to know how the tests work and if there is multiple ways you can take the test. one more thing remember i live IN CANADA.

Answer 1

Here are the medical standards for Canada.  You need a Class 1 medical to hold an ATPL or a Commercial Pilot License.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Regser...

http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Regser...

Pretty much rules out colour blindness.

Answer 2

you wudnt be granted a licence through your physical examination

sorry dude

Answer 3

My friend, even before I became an A&P, I have learned that Avionics guy if colour blind fail the medical exam, and they're on ground. One example is i bet you know the weather radar indicator shows the sky in vivid colour, green, magenta and red- very red when it is very heavy and we get thrashing ( the airplane) going inside it so we request for a deviation.

I'm sure you know all this.

Answer 4

you cant because being able to tell the difference between two colours plays a major roll in being a pilot....when your supposed to stop then excelerate for exmple are indicated to you in two different colours.....I think its green and red not 100 percent sure on that though

Answer 5

I can't say for Canada but if you were in the US, you could disregard every answer here. They are simply all wrong. The FAA has provisions for "special issuance" for normally disqualifying conditions including color blindness. I'll not get into the details here but I am sure there must be a medical appeals branch in Canada as there is here. Good luck and in the future be very wary of anything you read here.

Answer 6

spelling is a good start but no you couldnt get a class 1 med certificate being color blind

Answer 7

if you see red as blue, then when you look at the eye chart... say that red is blue

Answer 8

Full Colourblindness will likely be a bar from getting an ATPL in Canada. However, there are degrees of colour deficiency which may be acceptable for getting the full ATPL and night rating.

If not, being colour blind may still allow you to get a commercial licence restricted to flying day only - See section 1.41 at the bottom of this page http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Regser...

There may be different tests to demonstrate that a colour deficiency will not pose a threat to aviation safety. You'll have to discuss this with an aviation medical examiner as to what tests are available.

The standard test that I did for my Cat 1 medical was the Ishihara test http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Is... . But, there may be options to take a Farnsworth test http://www.univie.ac.at/Vergl-Physiologi...  You used to be able to take a light gun test, but it would seem that this is no longer possible as referenced in this thread on AvCanada http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic...  and also referenced at the bottom of the CARS standards

Either way, check out that thread (ignore the stuff about memorizing the sequence of the numbers on the test) and then try and get in contact with Transport Canada. The Civil Aviation Medicine Website is http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Cam/me...

Good Luck!

James Ball

Author of "So, You Want to be a Pilot, Eh? - A Guidebook for Canadian Pilot Training"

http://www.piloteh.com

http://www.piloteh.blogspot.com

To the poster 'John' below me - While I thoroughly agree that one should be very wary about taking advice from this site, I fail to see how you can claim that the above information is simply wrong.

-First, the original poster has specifically stated that they are in Canada, therefore information regarding how the FAA does things is has no benefit whatsoever.

-Next, I do not say that the poster will never be able to get their ATPL, rather that it will be difficult and it will have and effect on getting the licence. There are degrees of colour blindness and deficiency some of which will prevent a person from obtaining an ATPL. In Canada there may be provisions for going to an equivalant appeals board, however, the first step is to talk directly to a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner.  Which I suggest that they do.

-If the original poster does not have a current CAME - one of the above listed sites has information on how to find one.

-Therefore, while a final medical declaration cannot be made by people on this board, suggesting that all information listed is wrong simply because in your country, not the original poster's country, the process is different is not helpful.