Quick eyesight question

[stuart955]

I had an eye test today. I mentioned it was in the itnerest of joining the RAF. At the end of the test, I was told my right eye was ever so slightly worse, but well within the boundary of any limits the RAF has.

My reading was +0.50. The RAF limit is +0.75 for pilot.

So I'm within the boundary for being a pilot.

Here's my question. Is the RAF eye sight guideline a boundary that, if you are within it, has no 'grey area'?

For example if I applied for pilot, and made it through the whole selection process, could they then compare me to another candidate of equal ability and say "hm, his eyes aren't as good as his. They're good enough according to our guidelines, but let's drop him for that cos it's easier" Or is the eye sight boundary a line that, once crossed, is crossed. Meaning that the selection would be entirely down to the other factors (aptitude, leadership, interview etc).

Make sense? I might have waffled on a bit at the end.

 

[vim_fuego]

I had an eye test today. I mentioned it was in the itnerest of joining the RAF. At the end of the test, I was told my right eye was ever so slightly worse, but well within the boundary of any limits the RAF has.

My reading was +0.50. The RAF limit is +0.75 for pilot.

So I'm within the boundary for being a pilot.

Here's my question. Is the RAF eye sight guideline a boundary that, if you are within it, has no 'grey area'?

For example if I applied for pilot, and made it through the whole selection process, could they then compare me to another candidate of equal ability and say "hm, his eyes aren't as good as his. They're good enough according to our guidelines, but let's drop him for that cos it's easier" Or is the eye sight boundary a line that, once crossed, is crossed. Meaning that the selection would be entirely down to the other factors (aptitude, leadership, interview etc).

Make sense? I might have waffled on a bit at the end.

Legally if you're both well within limits for the job it can't be held against you...If behind the scenes they take that into consideration (I don't know why they would but lets just live in la-la land for a minute) you would never know as it's not something they would tell you about...You would just get a 'You haven't been successful this time, thanks for your time...'

So don't worry about it.

 

[stuart955]

Thanks for the reply. People seem to obsess over eye sight so I was worried it might have been a case of, "yes if someone has even slightly better vision, they will be picked."

Right, all boxes ticked, it's time to get the ball rolling and apply!