title: Primary flight training performance of student naval aviators with vision waivers.
abstract: Performance was studied for student naval aviators with waivers for defective uncorrected distance visual acuity who underwent primary flight training at NAS Whiting Field, FL, for fiscal year 1987 (cases = 45). Outcome variables were completion rate, primary flight training grades and flight hours. Controls for completion rate were all other students during that period (N = 1443). For training grades and hours, controls were selected who completed the same training squadron within 1 month of the case. Two controls were selected who progressed to the jet pipeline, with two additional controls selected who progressed to the same pipeline as the cases, either maritime/patrol or helicopter (controls = 180). Results demonstrated the cases were significantly more likely to complete training (p = 0.029), but not significantly different in primary flight grades or hours. These results suggest student naval aviators on vision waivers were competitive with their contemporaries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL 32508.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bohnker
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Anzalone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mittelman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Markovitis
mesh_terms: D001359:Aviation / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000592:standards; D010808:Physical Examination; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014787:Vision Tests; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*