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If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a pilot, there’s a few hurdles you have to pass first. One is a hearing test. All pilots must be able to hear an average pitched conversation being spoken behind them from a total distance of six feet away. They also must be free of any ear conditions that could possibly affect equilibrium. In addition, all aspiring pilots must pass physical and mental exams and cannot have any type of severe personality disorders. For commercial pilots, once they reach 40 years of age those physicals and mental evaluations continue to take place every 6 months until they retire. Also, and this should go without saying, pilots cannot abuse or be dependent on alcohol or any other type of substance.
Above all, a person must have excellent eyesight in order to obtain and keep their pilot’s license. Both first and second class pilots must have 20/20 distant vision, in each eye separately. Third-class pilots can have less sharp vision and are allowed 20/40. Even if you know you’re vision isn’t that great, you may still stand a chance of becoming a pilot because the tests are scored with or without correction aids like glasses and contact lenses. So what do those numbers even mean anyways? If you’re like most people, you likely equate 20/20 eyesight with having perfect, clear, flawless vision… but that’s not what it means. In actuality 20/20 vision means that a person can clearly see and read a line of letters on a Snellen chart, while standing back at a distance of 20 feet, which is what a normal person should be able to see at 20 feet. Thus, when someone says they have 20/20 vision, it means they have the visual acuity of the average person.
While the Snellen chart is the most familiar type of vision test, there are many alternative ways to screen and evaluate eyesight. Certain tests can determine how well your eyes focus, adjust, differentiate, and interpret the sights and pictures they’re taking in. This quiz uses a combination of questions, pictures, colors, and more to ascertain how well your eyes work. Only pilots can pass it according to the puzzle site Playbuzz, so take it now and see whether your vision is as sharp as theirs needs to be!
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