Where to start? Colour Blind Pilot - 2009/10/22 12:29
Hi All,
First post.
A little about me. Since I can remember I have wanted to be an airline pilot. When I was 4 and enrolling to go to primary school back in the UK I had to go through some medical examinations. One such test was for colour blindness which I failed. The nurse at the time advised me I would never be an airline pilot. I remember that day very well and has been with me every bleeding day since. All I ever wanted to be was a pilot.
22 years on I am about to get given my 1st class medical with restrictions. I am yet to find out what these restrictions are but from what I have read on the net it most likely will restrict me from flying at night.
I have taken a different tacked to most by obtaining my medical before I start to invest LARGE sums of money in flying.
I have several questions that need answering, I have been asking alot of questions over the past 22 years and get mixed replies.
1st. Am I likely to obtain a job with a major airline if I am only able to fly during daylight hours?
2nd. Maybe this one should have been the first. Am I able to obtain my ATPL when colour blind restrictions are placed on my medical?
3rd. How do I go about my flying?
This is how I intend to do it. Two hours flying a week, im in no hurry & will most likely take about three years to obtain my CPL.
4th. What are the theory tests like and where do you sit these?
5th. Any other advise?
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