Contact Lense
Guys,
you've probably heard this many times before, and i know that you can fly with glasses. A recent checkup to the optometrist, showed that ive gone shortsighted in the last few months, my 6/5 vision in both eyes has reduced to 6/5 in my left eye and 6/24 in my right. apparently if both eyes are like that, i can almost be classifed as blind. I know you can wear glasses but im considering contacts. Ive never heard of contacts in aviation, and my intructor says all the students hes ever had have glasses not contacts. Is it legal, and more importantly SUITABLE, to wear contacts while flying, or can they irritate eyes to much or get in the way. I wear sunnys when i fly and also throughout everyday life, and i think it would be easy if i had contacts because then i dont need to buy a seperate pair of perscripton sunnys.
If i dont get contacts or glasses soon i wont pass my next medical and my flying life will get complicated!!!
Thanks
Daniel