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Hey there, I was just wondering, My dad is almost blind on one eye, he can distinguish black and white, but other than that, it's pretty much useless, would he be allowed to fly a Cessna 172?
 
There are one eye pilots with third class medical (all you need for a Cessna 172 private flying). You MIGHT be able to get a 2nd or 1st class med if you can get a SODA, but that might be very hard.
 
I've got a frined who flies C-17s in the Air Force. His first civilian instructor had a glass eye.
 
There are a handful of monocular (can see in only one eye) pilots at the airlines, actually. I read an article a few years ago about a guy who lost vision in one eye in a car accident and went on to fly for AA. (Note ... he may have been junior enough to get furloughed, I don't know.) The guy had to pass a special issuance flight test with the Feds but he got his certs and AA hired him a few years later.

JP is our resident AA guy ... maybe he knows something about this?
 
Word up, I knew a guy in Kinston that had one eye, and flew 135 (Cargo & PAX). great guy, great stick....just one eye, though!!!

Used to weird the FAA guys out when they'd come through for their inspections!!!
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I know this is not a laughing matter, and I mean no offense by this. But do you guys know of that joke that the airplane is taking off and is almost out of runway when the passengers scream. And one of the pilots say "You know, one day we are not gonna hear them scream and we are all gonna die" or something like that. I didn't have to wear glasses before, now I do. And the fact that I stay on the computer almost all day and everyday makes my vision get worse.
 
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