eye injury and the CAA
a friend of mine just got out of surgery on his eye having had a stone thrown on it. it buggered up his lens and having had the operation to lower his intraocular pressure he has discovered the lens on his eye was damaged too.
Docs have said they could replace the lens altogether or have a temporary contact lens stuck on top of the cracked one. Unfortunately the vision on the affected eye has fallen to 6/12 which probably takes him outside the CAA limits. He has stopped flying for now until things settle but is a little paranoid about the implications of the surgery on his flying career.
Whats the worst the CAA can do? How bad does an eye have to be even to rule him out of a multi crew limitation on his licence?
would appreciate it if people here can shed some light on this topic.
thanks in advance