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Does anybody know anything about the Private Pilots Licence??

  • 26-10-2006 12:05pm
    #1
    wagner802
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Im dying to start my flying career, but I have a slight problem...I'm colourblind!
    I know that to obtain a Licnce, you must have "sufficient colour vision to perform airman duties", whatever that means.

    Does anyone know exactly what the story is??
    :confused:


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I'll move this over to Travel/Holidays, and leave a link in After Hours so you'll get some traffic also.

    Have you had a medical recently? You need a 'Class II Medical cert from the IAA, it says, what the difference between Class I and Class II is, I don't know. Maybe contact the IAA and they might be able to help you out more.


  • #3
    LikeOhMyGawd!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 192 ✭✭LikeOhMyGawd!


    All the rules are here: http://www.iaa.ie/corp_fin/pdf/legislation/order/SI_333_2000_Personal_Licensing.pdf

    more detail of the vision requirements is here:
    http://www.academy.org.uk/reference/civilavi.htm

    In short, colour blindness sadly could be a problem for both professional and private flying:

    "An applicant shall have normal perception of colours (defined as no mistakes on Ishihara plates (24 plate version) tested in daylight or in artificial light of the same colour temperature such as that provided by illuminant "C" or "D") or be colour safe. Applicants who fail Ishihara shall be assessed as colour safe if they pass extensive testing with methods acceptable to the Aeromedical Section (Holmes-Wright lantern or anomaloscopy).
    An applicant who fails the acceptable colour perception tests is to be considered colour unsafe and shall be assessed as unfit.
    A colour unsafe applicant may be assessed by the Aeromedical Section as fit to fly within the flight information region of Joint Aviation Authority member states, visual flight rules by day only".

    You could however just be limited to VFR (visual flight rules) in day light hours.

    Good luck.


  • #4
    conor_mc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 790 ✭✭✭conor_mc


    If you're interested in flying as a hobby, I wouldn't let colour-blindness put you off. You can always fly with a qualified instructor or another fully qualified pilot...... so long as you're in it for the enjoyment of flying rather than the attainment of the licence itself.

    You might not be able to log the hours, get the licence, be pilot-in-command etc, but you can still enjoy the experience every time you go flying and learn as much as anybody who does get the PPL.


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