Captain Ratpub
Re whether to wear glasses or contact lenses to the class 1 - I have just done my class 1 and asked the optometrist there for confirmation on whether it was ok to wear contact lenses to the medical as there seems to be a bit of confusion amongst ppruners.
The answer is: It is ok to wear
soft contact lenses, ie. the disposable kind to the eye exam and also during the 72 hours prior, but if you wear
hard contact lenses, ie. gas permeable ones, then you should remove them 72 hours prior to the exam and wear your glasses. Apparently the hard ones change the shape of your eye (so wouldn't give accurate readings when examined without them), but the soft ones don't change the shape of your eyes.
You could also ring the CAA medical people to confirm this - I was told this when I made my booking, but I wore my glasses just in case and then found out I could have worn my soft contact lenses to the exam and also during the 72 hours prior. The optometrist examined my eyes with my glasses, without my glasses and then also asked me to put my contact lenses in. I would probably recommend wearing your glasses to the exam as you then get examined with and without them first. You then get asked put your contact lenses in and you can wear them for the rest of the day. If you came with your contact lenses already in, then you would have to remove them to get checked with and without your glasses and you would have to wear your glasses for the rest of the day.
Hope this helps.
p.
