If someone is too tall to comfortably sit in the cockpit of the planes the flight school uses, they will have to find a flight school that uses planes that can better accommodate them. In a push to deal with pilot shortage and increase diversity, the Air Force changed their strict height requirements for pilots in Previously, anyone who wanted to become an Air Force pilot had to be inches 5 feet, 4 inches to 6 feet, 6 inches. A sitting height of inches was also required.
Having said that, waivers could be and were issued with a very high approval rate. But when potential candidates saw that they did not meet the height requirements, they automatically disqualified themselves from applying.
The Air Force has now decided to use an anthropometric screening process, which measures certain physical attributes to match candidates with suitable aircraft. The USAF is also going one step further by redesigning flight equipment to better suit shorter pilots, especially women.
To be eligible to become a navy pilot, a candidate should be between 5 feet, 2 inches to 6 feet, 5 inches tall. A sitting eye height of between is This applies to rotary wing, fixed-wing, trainer, and tactical aircraft. However, Marine Corps pilots must have a sitting eye height of between The change removes this waiver requirement. Chief of Staff Gen. Goldfein said female pilots have provided ideas to make it less punitive for their careers to become pregnant, including becoming simulator instructors or performing staff duties when they reach a point where they can no longer fly.
The service also is taking steps such as redesigning flight equipment so it fits women better. In April , the Air Force announced it is reworking G-suits, flight suits, urinary devices, and survival vests to better suit female pilots.
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Happy Veterans Day Nov. Under the Air Force's previous requirements, an Air Force pilot applicant — barring waivers — needed to have a standing height between 5'4" to 6'5" and a sitting height of inches. According to Ruttenber, the leader of the initiative to change the height standards, historically, most U. The change is part of the Air Force's "on-going effort to encourage a more diverse pool of applicants to pursue careers in aviation," according to its press release.
In place of the blanket height requirement, the Air Force will now use an "anthropometric screening process" to asses individual applicants "for placement in an aircraft they can safely fly.
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