Pilot

[jammyp2]

Hello I want to become a pilot but I am coloured blind. Will this stop me from becoming one?

[Dassie]

I think so. I had to do a colour blindness test once when I applied for air traffic control so I guess it's the same for a pilot with all the different coloured instruments..

[Buenchico]

Quote (from the British Arline Pilots' Association):
"Colour blindness is not automatically disbarring providing you can pass acceptable colour perception tests (predominately Red/Green perception)".
http://www.balpa.org.uk/intranet/How-to-bec/3% 20FAQs%2028March07.doc

So, if your colour blindness is not too severe , you might still be able to achieve your goal.

For further information, see here:
http://www.balpa.org.uk/intranet/How-to-bec/in dex.htm

Chris

[cris r]

Im afraid the answer is yes My two sons are both in the RAF the medical tests just to get in are unbelievable Did you know that very few even get through the first part of the training they are so strict and colour blindness restrictions will apply to most jobs in the RAF

[Clanad]

Here in the U.S. the governing body, the Federal Avaition Administration recognizes differing severities of color blindness. The applicant for the requisite Medical Certificate, can, after being found to have a color deficiency, request that an additional test be done. This request is always granted. The test involves identifying the colors of a signal light used by air traffic control towers in the event an aircraft's radios fail. The colors are, individually, green, red and white. Most applicants have no problem with red, but often have difficulty defining green from white. The test should be done at dusk for better deffintion. In my experience, about 70% pass the test. Granted, the military applicants are subject to different standards, since they don't have to take any and all applicants...

[confusedpete]

It stopped me getting into the RAF, but that was in 1957,probably changed a bit since then.