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Old 17th Jul 2002, 15:51   #1 (permalink)
 
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Caught out in a nightclub?

I have just gotten a copy of my prescription off my less than helpful optician.

R: -050/-050/90
L: -050/-050/90

Now, I know that I am shortsighted, but does this standard of eyesight make you exempt from gaining a Class one? I have searched and read recent eyesight queries and used the information I obtained from them to ask my optician some questions but he did not want to know. I know that I will be shopping elsewhere from now on.

I am shortsighted and doing a PPL at the moment, My eyesight is perfect when i wear my glasses, only I don't wear them out to nightclubs and this has led to some near misses! I don't think the class two will be a problem for the eyesight, but for the class one I am not so sure. Is my eyesight likely to deteriorate much over the next ten/twenty years that could result in loss of class one and therefore loss of licence.

I would be very appreciative of any out there who could shed some light on my queries, before I commit to a substantial outlay of hard earned cash.

Grazias.

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Old 20th Jul 2002, 20:48   #2 (permalink)
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I'm guessign that you've missed out some decimal points here and your eyesight is

-0.50/-0.50/90
-0.50/-0.50/90

If so you're well within the JAA Class One refractive error limits. I'm much worse than that and I still got a class one under the old more stringent standards.
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Old 23rd Jul 2002, 07:59   #3 (permalink)
 
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Many thanks Foghorn, just did the class two and he said I should have no problems getting a class one, although I don't have the strongest pair of lungs in the world.
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