Originally Posted by
Flying Orange
Hi all. I'm new here and been enjoying reading the forums. Finally at the age of 32 I've managed to save up enough for flight school and I've decided to pursue my dream of becoming an airline pilot. Unfortunately my dream has been immediately quashed, after going for my initial Class 1 medical in the UK yesterday I've walked away with a Class 2 restricted to day flying only. To say I'm devastated is an understatement. I didn't even know what to say to the doctor and optometrist as everything seemed to just fall apart in front of me in an instant!
I failed the Ishihara test which lead to the CAD test being performed. My results on the CAD was a fail on the red-green spectrum, result was 22.73 and the pass threshold is 12. The doctor did say I could apply for a Class 1 restricted medical still but there would be little point as practically speaking nobody will employ a commercial pilot with such a restriction. I'm now stuck wondering if I should give up on my life long dream, or if it's still worth getting the restricted Class 1 and doing my CPL training anyway? It may be possible to get a commercial job flying a private jet or doing smaller charter flights but I don't know how realistic this is. I suspect not very realistic.
My other course is to investigate trying the Anomaloscopy test. I note the CAA guidance says an Anomaloscopy OR CAD may be performed. If I'm able to do better with an Anomaloscopy I could submit this to the CAA to see if I can get the restriction lifted? I'm going to investigate this route as I can't give up on the dream lightly.
More of a rant than anything to get the last 24 hours off my chest. I know many others are in the same boat as me. Thank you for listening
Did you receive any feedback on this? I too also failed the CAD test on red-green, with results of around 14, <6 is considered a pass. I discussed with the doctor and said results can vary, but that if I were to retake the test, I should expect the same outcome. The CAA also
averages your CAD test results.