Interesting too that in the new
JAR Class 1 (Professional Pilot) Initial Examination Visual Standards leaflet [PDF, 68 KB], the hint at the availability of a deviation is no longer there.
From the old version of the leaflet:
Applicants who fail to meet the initial visual examination standards, but who reach the renewal/revalidation standards, should contact the UK CAA Medical Division to discuss their options.
Makes sense, of course, because if you allow a deviation to a non-existent renewal limit, why bother with an initial limit?
Now I just need to wait for them to relax the initial limit sufficiently for me to get a Class 1. At the current rate of change I reckon it'll take about nine years...
