Scoobster
27th Jul 2006, 14:57
Hi
I know the subject vision has been battered to death, but after months of lurking in the background and monitoring the forums, some of you may remember that I posted the following thread a while back:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=191990
I have been in a constant battle with the CAA since 2002 to have a Class 1 Medical issued and after having read a post with the comment 'fight until your last breath', well have I reached my last breath :confused:
Well, having attended a futher assessment with the Opthalmologist last month, the situation is exactly the same.The opthalmologist mentioned that 'unfortunately, I am unable to put a positive report in as clearly your monocular visual field in the right eye is outside normal limits'.
I received the good old rejection letter from LGW commenting that the VFD still remains and therefore you still remain unfit for initial JAA Class 1 certification.
Since then I have managed to obtain another renewal of an FAA Class 1 Medical (yes, yes I know I know) its... not worth its salt as many of you think.
Which, also appeared to be riddiculed along the lines of 'if your thinking of converting, then don't even think about it' under the current regulations you are still unfit!
So, I now turn to my fellow ppruners to see if there is anything else that I can do regarding a JAA Initial Class 1. I have thought about going to another member state and seeing if I can get a JAA Class 1 there? But this brings with it a whole new set of challenges like, if I pass and my file gets sent back to the U.K JAA will it get revoked?
In my quest, I have been seen by 3 AME's, 1 Neurologist and the good chap who is the Consultant Opthalmologist at LGW.
So is this dead and burried now, or can I...... Any advice would be greatly apreciated.
Scoobster.
I know the subject vision has been battered to death, but after months of lurking in the background and monitoring the forums, some of you may remember that I posted the following thread a while back:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=191990
I have been in a constant battle with the CAA since 2002 to have a Class 1 Medical issued and after having read a post with the comment 'fight until your last breath', well have I reached my last breath :confused:
Well, having attended a futher assessment with the Opthalmologist last month, the situation is exactly the same.The opthalmologist mentioned that 'unfortunately, I am unable to put a positive report in as clearly your monocular visual field in the right eye is outside normal limits'.
I received the good old rejection letter from LGW commenting that the VFD still remains and therefore you still remain unfit for initial JAA Class 1 certification.
Since then I have managed to obtain another renewal of an FAA Class 1 Medical (yes, yes I know I know) its... not worth its salt as many of you think.
Which, also appeared to be riddiculed along the lines of 'if your thinking of converting, then don't even think about it' under the current regulations you are still unfit!
So, I now turn to my fellow ppruners to see if there is anything else that I can do regarding a JAA Initial Class 1. I have thought about going to another member state and seeing if I can get a JAA Class 1 there? But this brings with it a whole new set of challenges like, if I pass and my file gets sent back to the U.K JAA will it get revoked?
In my quest, I have been seen by 3 AME's, 1 Neurologist and the good chap who is the Consultant Opthalmologist at LGW.
So is this dead and burried now, or can I...... Any advice would be greatly apreciated.
Scoobster.