A sailor undergoes testing at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in 2021. US Navy Photo
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – What aircraft a Navy pilot could fly might come down to pure genetics – the range of motion of their thumb or how high their eye-line is when they sit.
The service tests these and a myriad of other physical attributes to determine who qualifies to fly and with what platform they should be paired.
The current guidelines that the measurements are compared to...