In direct relation to colour blindness, my brother in law suffers from this but is a B767 and B737 Captain with PNG Airlines. He has also flown with a number of airlines in Australia on his ATPL. On 21 Jun 2014 18:23, "DAVID & JENNY SHEARER" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am one of the " Colour Blind" pilots. I started flying in 1964 and > the only options were day only/ radio only. At that stage lights were still > an option in towers and VHF was just coming in. My career prospects were " > restricted to the carriage of freight only by day." Anyway, like an idiot I > pressed on and by 1967 I had Commercial #4944 and started flying C180's as > a Class2 ag pilot.My career had sort of peaked. > > However, due to Dr. Pape bringing the case to the AAT he won the right to > fly at night. I seem to remember that he held a Commercial plus Class1 > instrument rating at the time. > > CAA or whatever, in their usual way, made it a on off. He then brought a > case of a young helicopter Commercial pilot to the AAT. After a lot of > obstruction and nonsense from the authority, they won the case and everyone > who was flying on the dispensation was retested, god knows why, and issued > with a night flying priviliges.They could have grounded all of us, because > the Commercial required a certain amount of night flying anyway,but no one > thought of that. > I flew my first "legal" night flight in 1997, almost 20 years after I > started working as a pilot. I could now legally night spray. > > The major thing that then controlled your career is the fact that you > could not be in command of an aircraft of 12,500 [ 5,700kg?] lbs or greater > or fly in International airspace. This is still the case today, to the best > of my knowledge ,so most of us have had careers in Ag, or flying aircraft > up to that weight on charter, freight etc. I would imagine there might be > some Fo's in regional systems and obviously helicopter operations present a > fairly level playing field. > > I ceased to fly Commercially about 10 years ago but still drive a Pawnee > on the odd weekend, although like most, find dealing with AVMed > increasingly diificult. > > My point with this ramble is while there are limitations on a pilot with a > red/green deficiency, it is still possible to have a rewarding career in > aviation if you are not interested in heavy jets. Also, the road that Dr. > Tate pioneered is still virtually unique in world aviation. We are out of > step with the rest of the world on this issue, and knowing how we got > there, I doubt we will change. My guess at the back of all of the new > information is the use of "Glass Cockpits" and the subtle factors colour > may play. However, there has been no case of an accident being attributed > to anyone with a "Colour perception endorsement" > > Most people will not be aware they have the problem unless tested. The > ratio is 2 out of 10 males [ Aviation standard] and it is very rare in > women, although your mother carries the deficient gene. > > I was fairly happy with the way it all turned out and hope this adds a bit > to a very misunderstood issue > > Dave Shearer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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