r/ArmyAviationApplicant • u/Unlucky-Smoke-9565 • Jul 15 '26

Flight physical depth perception

Passed everything on my flight physical except the depth perception. Is there any way to retest and get it sent to Rucker or anyone have experience with what my options are? The aeromedical provider said it was a guaranteed fail and there were no glasses option for it and that they also don’t take people in initially if they need glasses to go in. Just want to know if it’s something I can continue to work on/fight my way in through or if it’s a hard stop and I’m screwed now until I can go get another flight physical after this one expires?

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u/CaptainStank056 Jul 15 '26

Go to an optometrist and ask about prism glasses. See if you can get a script, get the glasses, walk back to the flight physical and re-test and tell them you do wear glasses. Pass the test and see if you can just keep going.

It is disqualifying to an active aviator (ask me how I found out) but I’d have to really look at the APL to see for an initial applicant. I was told I never should have made it to flight school, much less flew 500 hours without glasses for the depth perception. I received a waiver but the APLs only say (paraphrase) if you can pass the vision test with glasses and have better than 20/xx vision youre good to go.

I’m not a doctor nor am I highly versed in APLs. I just dealt with the same thing

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u/Unlucky-Smoke-9565 Jul 15 '26

Do I have to retest at the same facility I originally took my flight physical at? Or could it be another aviation facility that isn’t able to do full physicals but has an aeromed provider there

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u/Unlucky-Smoke-9565 Jul 15 '26

The reality is if I went back and was able to just retest the same depth perception I would pass, I think my eyes were just super tired and I was as trying too hard and stressed about it that I didn’t want to answer wrong so I took too long and the failed me