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How long did the whole exam take?

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I take my OCVT/MFT in less than a week! I do have a slight issue with Led/ vs incandescent lightning so we’ll see how this goes….

I have the same problem with becoming a police officer. I can not pass the isihiara tests, but I can see and name any color out there.Still the doctor did not allow me to go to the academy. People must stop freaking out about this...

Is the flight test, if you mess up once it’s an automatic fail?

Great video. Good luck in your training. After failing the Ishihara test, I took the light gun test in 1995 and managed to pass. I have a SODA and was grandfathered in when they changed the testing standards in 2007 or so. Went on to get my Commercial and Instrument ratings as well as my CFI certificate from there. Even if you don’t want to fly 135 or 121, if you are colorblind and have a night flying restriction on your medical, you can’t be a CFIA either because you can’t act as PIC during night training for primary students. Sucks all round for those that can’t pass the tests.

@prestonmcmillan797 I want to thank you. I just passed my ocvt for my first class medical and this video was a great resource

I’m in high school, I want to be a airline pilot, but I’m color blind. IM SCARED!!! This has been the only thing that handles me excited for the past two years and If I can’t become a pilot I don’t know what I’ll do with my life

Would there be a way to do all these tests prior to an Ishihara test as a way of bypassing a limitation all together?

hi, does anyone know when you go in to do the MFT if you have to have your PPL to fly you and the test conductor around? or can i have me, my instructor and the test conductor all in the same plane while doing the test? if that makes sense. Thank you!

If you are not flying in a 14 CFR Part 121, do NOT take a First Class medical. A First class requires additional testing that is unnecessary for commercial or private operations. If you an issue during an unceccessary testm, you have screwed yourself. Do NOT take a first class if you do not need one. just for the ego value of having a First.

I recently passed my SODA Test (02-15-2023). If anyone have questions about it, I'm willing to answer them.

thanks so much for your video. Good luck during your flying dream.

Is the MFT conducted at night?

@Preston McMillan, when you did your flying part of the test, who was flying the aircraft? I know that you said that you haven't started flight school when you went for the test. I will be going to Oklahoma too, I just want to clear my medical certificate before I pay a lot of money for flight school. Hopefully you will reply me soon.

i’m green-weak! can i pass?

Hey mate i am from australia, i am partial colourblind red-green. I have always dreamed of being a pilot , and now after lot of research and medical advice i see that FAA has decommissioned the test and thats what i see when i checked the link thats under there on your description. Could you give me any idea about it more.

This was probably one of the few years before the 416 fire which led to the demise of the railroad utilizing coal burners as of now number 481 is the last coal burning locomotive on the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad as of now locomotives 473 493 480 482 and 476 have been successfully converted to burn oil I think 486 is next in line to be converted because the railroad was blamed for the fire and also the fact that their private coal mine that supplied the coal for the steam locomotives for over a hundred years is being threatened to shut down is one likely reason why they're switching over to oil

So let's say that I am able to pass this exam at the airport and get the first class medical. Does this mean that I have to arrange this test with the F.A.A. every single year if I wish to become a pilot?

I had the same issue waaaaaay back when....1971 to be exact. Had to jump thru all the hoops to get my 1st class. I have done extensive research on this issue over the years. The Ishihara color plate test has been the FAA standard since the dawn of time. It does not take into account the fact there are varying degrees of color deficiency. In addition there is a perception issue that affects some people that in fact are not "color blind". I had a ophthalmologist give me a test where there are about 50 color discs that take you through the entire color spectrum from blue to tael to green to yellow to orange to red. He dumped them on a table and I had to arrange them in order which I did perfectly. Also, I was fortunate to join the Navy and flew F14's in the 1980's. The Navy gives you what is called the Farnsworth Lantern test which is a machine that randomly shows you 2 lights that are over/under red, white and green. you tell them red over white, red over green etc whatever it may be. you sit about 25 feet from the machine when you do this. I passed that as well. After the Navy I got hired by Pan Am World Airways. They went out of business, I got hired by United Airlines and flew for them for 28 years. I retired last year. Anyone out there that fails the Ishihara all is not lost. That being said, approx 8% of males and .4% of females are true red/green color blind and it is congenital. So, if it is in your family you may have some form of it.

Did you have to take the airplane in flight or did you just simply sit in a g1000 aircraft and turn on the screens and do a color vision assessment? If you took the airplane to flight, did you pilot it or did the faa?

Thank you for sharing. I am a CFI and just recently went to renew my first class medical and failed the color portion. I now have a night and color gun signal restriction on my medical certificate. The next day I requested my local GA airport to give me light gun signals and I was able to see the green, red, and white without much difficulty. I am now going to send a letter to the FAA regional flight surgeon to request this test. Praying for the best. It would be a shame to make it thus far with no issues only to realize my color deficiency is going to end my career I’ve spent countless dollars and hours to achieve thus far.

Great video! I am in the process right now. Did you have to get a LOA send to the FSDO before you were able to take the test? And if so how did you do that?

If anyone has any questions relating to the OCVT portion of this test, ask me. I went through it today and got a lot of answers that RUclips can’t help with.

Thanks for making this video. I got my second class medical yesterday, with night restriction. Pretty sure I could pass a practical color vision test.

Does anyone know why air traffic controllers dont have any colour safe tests?

Can I become an airline pilot with colour blindness?

Folks, just to clarify I do NOT have any color vision deficiency. I never have, I only botched the color portion of my first medical exam, and this is the process I went through to have the limitation I received, removed from my medical. Even the FAA Inspectors I met with told me they’re not fans of the Ishihara Color Test

happy for you getting that fixed, good luck man. i got my piloting dreams crushed as a kid when they found i was red-green colorblind, and then later in my life i found out i had a genetic heart condition. i was screwed from the start so i'll see you all on the flight sims

Great video man

What colour deficiency do you have? I will be undertaking the OCVA in New Zealand to have restrictions removed from my license

This was outstanding info, especially all the links you included. Thanks a ton brother. How has your training pipeline been going?

thank you!

So my AME said to write and sign a letter asking the faa to let me take the ocvt and color flight vision test, and then take a picture and send it to this special email. Now I'm just waiting, but this video has me thinking maybe I took the wrong steps ?

I'm really nervous about the color vision medical flight test not so much the light gun test

I am moderately red and green colorblind. Do you all think i can do what Preston did in the video?

I followed everything in your video and also took the OCVT and MFT. I got my LOE in the mail last week and I'm ready to fly!

are you moderately red and green color blind or mild?

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Great information! I wish I could have watched this 20 years ago. I was told by everyone that there was no way I could become a pilot with my color blindness. Good luck in you schooling.

How's everything going now?

Actually as a past student of civil aviation who has flown about 10 hours in private training, and as a person with moderate color deficiency, I would feel terrified flying a plane with the amount of difficulty I would have with color signaling. The first time I tried to make final approach based on white and pink ground signaling scared the shit out of me because the lights weren’t changing colors to my eyes. I just landed the damn thing on dead reckoning. Never again.

Pilot applicants who don’t have color deficiency. Let’s just call their lives the continuing adventures of the luckiest SOB’s who ever lived

Hi guys! Great video @Preston! I wanted to also point out something I read that is very interesting. On the FAA website, it has the guidelines for the AME's to follow. My AME made a mistake of failing me because I missed 2 plates. Please note they should not fail you as the FAA clearly states that you can miss up to 6 on the 24 plates and still pass. Below is the exact text and I will also put a direct link to this text so you can show your FAA medical examiner in case he fails you for missing 6 plates. Cheers guys! www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/app_process/exam_tech/item52/amd/ An applicant does not meet the color vision standard if testing reveals: A. All Classes Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plates: Concise 14-plate edition: six or more errors on plates 1-11; the 24-plate edition: seven or more errors on plates 1-15; the 38-plate edition: nine or more errors on plates 1-21

Congratulations!! I’m Jess from TAIWAN, I’m going to have the OCVT at Oakland, CA in January, your video is really really helpful, thank you so much

Super helpful, thanks for making this vid!