Youngskywalker - you mention that one option is to apply to an airline that accepts ICAO licences, and that no European airlines currently do this.
Any idea which airlines (worldwide) do accept ICAO licences?
I've been turned down twice by the CAA for a class 1 medical in the last 8 years for the level of correction in my otherwise 20/20 eyesight, but stumbled across the FAA requirements recently. I got an FAA class 1 recently and am looking at my options. Other than resigning myself to having to fly in the States, it would be good to know that an FAA licence would be valid elsewhere in the world.
Best wishes,
waterpau