Well to in the interest of keeping you updated and to answer some of moms questions I figured I would post this.
There were quite a few jobs I was interested in and was having a little trouble picking one, then they were drastically narrowed down for me.
Some of you may know I am "Shade Blind". In case you are unaware, shade blindness is I guess a mild form of Color blindness. Rather than have colors you can't see, with shade blindness there are only some shades of some colors you can't see. In my case it is some shades of pinks and greens. But colors I can see.
In both Air Force and Flight physicals you have to take a color vision test because some jobs including being a pilot require that you be able to see colors. With my flight physical after failing the color vision test I was given a secondary test just to verify that I was in fact able to see colors and so there was not a problem. With the Air Force it is pretty black in white, they look at it as being color blind or not, no in between. So in my case they label me as color blind when I am not but don't let me prove otherwise (maybe this is something I can get changed some day).
Well because of this there are jobs in the Air Force that require color vision and even though I can see the colors, as far as they are concerned I am not eligible to do those jobs. So my ASVAB opened it to basically any job and the color vision limited it back down.
To make a long story short about 90% of the jobs are no longer available to me. Which sucks because there are some of them that I would like to do, but I guess it makes it that much easier to choose since I now have less to choose from. After 3 years on the job I will have the opportunity train in something else. Maybe by then the rules will be changed and I will have more jobs open to me.
I haven't settled for sure on a job but I am leaning heavily toward one in Air Transportation. Which is basically in charge of everything and everyone that goes onto or off of an Airplane. So will get to work with airplanes a lot, and have travel opportunities. I will let you know what I decide for sure.
Yes I am planning to continue pursuing my flight career, and the extra $ I get from the Air Force will help me with that.
No, there is not a deadline on getting everything in. I do want to do it soon, because I would like to report to Basic Training in May and it all has to get scheduled in advance. I will keep you posted on this as well.
Feel free to let me know if anyone has any other questions.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Q & A
Posted by Potterspot at 11:23 AM
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I did not know you were "shade blind"! I think most men are, to some degree, I guess! Anyways, that kind of stinks but as long as you are working in the flight industry anyways and still pursuing your ultimate dream I think it is good!
I didn't know you were "shade blind" either...were you aware of it before now? Seems odd that the air force would be so limited about it and the pilot training not so much. I seriously doubt the air force will need you to specifically see shades of pink and green, so hopefully at some time, this will get changed. What does your recruiting officer say about it? Anyway, I agree with Alison, as long as you still pursue your ultimate dream and still get to work in the flight industry, it is all good.
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