For those who haven't done so yet, have a look at the colour defective thread in the Medical Issues forum.
We should all (us CVDs that is) feel pretty lucky that we can fly unrestricted in Australia. Although like me many perhaps have the CPL and Oz Airspace only restrictions on their medicals. All thanks to Dr Arthur Pape who took CASA to the AAT and at huge personal expense, won.
The poor guys in UK and Europe seem to be having a much harder time of it although some progress is being made.
Props,
Going back to the report I also have to ask, if it was a colour deficiency that caused this incident. Then both pilots’ must have been affected.
When I read the same report, I wondered the same thing. The CVD issue therefore might just be a convenient scapegoat in this case.
Of interest locally is that the job ads for CALM pilots now specify "normal colour vision". Probably something to do with identifying coloured ground markers