Color Vision 2

[caleb]

I apologize for creating a new thread on this. Since I'm not staff I can't reply to the other thread.

Re: the map test.
I've been trying to get them to give me a map test for some time and they say that that is no longer available. Apparently the AFI changed in 2006. Is what you said accurate? If so, are you able to point out the official documentation on it for me?

I've been pursuing this for several months now and any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.

[mramirez]

Unfortunately, they are correct. They do not do the map test anymore. They also stopped the Red Light Test. Your shot at passing is keep trying. Here is the AFI direct from 48-123:

A2.8. Defective Color Vision (368.5). Color vision testing must be performed and recorded monocularly
under approved and standardized illuminant (i.e., Illuminant C). Five or more incorrect responses in
either eye (including failure to make responses in the allowed time interval (no more than 5 seconds)) in
reading the 14 test plate versions of one of the following Pseudoisochromatic Plates (PIP) sets is considered
a failure: Dvorine, the original version of the AO (excludes Richmond PIP version), or Ishihara. See
Aircrew Waiver Guide.
NOTE: Test scores should be recorded as number correct/total number presented. Documentation of
results must also be recorded monocularly (Example: PIP OD: 12/14, OS: 13/14 Passes). No other PIP
versions, such as Richmond PIP, or Beck Engraving versions, or other tests for color vision (368.5), are
authorized for qualification purposes. The Farnsworth lantern test (FALANT) has been dropped as a
USAF qualifying test.