USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training Pass/Fail Rates of Spectacled-Versus-Nonspectacled Student Pilots

摘要

Among 2348 U.S. Air Force undergraduate pilot training (UPT) students, no statistical difference (.05 level) in the pass/fail rates was found between students who initially failed tests for distance visual acuity, color vision, and red lens and students who passed these tests on the first administration. These findings suggest that UPT pass/fail rates are not influenced by the presence/absence of any of the visual anomalies. We must caution, however, against extrapolating these findings to operational flying, particularly in high-performance aircraft or to the skill level attained except to complete the training.