# Why did the FAA change ECG requirements, and what is the change about?

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**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-faa-change-ecg-requirements-and-what-is-the-change-about/978452 "2023-01-19T12:09:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-faa-change-ecg-requirements-and-what-is-the-change-about/978452/14 "2023-01-20T09:41:29Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> When I was in my early 20s I knew a guy in his early 60s who flew a Cessna. He was extremely absent minded and was colorblind (green/yellow IIRC). I flew several times with him and it was always a bit nerve rattling.

It would be either red/green or blue/yellow colorblindness. Most likely red/green because it’s more common, but the latter does occur.

I happen to also have a form of colorblindness (deuteranomaly trichromacy which means I’m color “weak” rather than unable to see certain colors, for more details see the thread [any color blind pilots out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-color-blind-pilots-out-there/624330))

It’s not that particular issue that makes pilots absent-minded, just sayin’ 😉

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