You guys wanna hope its the "final chance" lantern test they use here in Australia. Conducted only at the Melbourne Institute of Optometry. I failed the plates and the Farnsworth. Yet out of 3 sets of 90 pairs of lights I got only two wrong. You are allowed to get maximum 3 wrong. Thats three wrong in 270 sets of lights. Now I have a class 1, no restrictions or waivers. OH YEAH!!!!!. What a relief.
The test gives you a pair of lights, with 3 seconds to tell the examiner what they are from top to bottom. The distance is approx 15 feet. The examiner sits behind you with the lantern and you view the lights via a mirror mounted on the wall in front of you. The lights themselves seem like pin head size and I had to squint to see them properly. Only two colours used, red and green. These are the only two colours displayed to an aircraft in flight. The shades vary and they are modified to simulate dust in the atmosphere etc.
You all need to get together and establish an organisation to combat the law in your country. Use Australia as an example. Create a data base of prospective pilots, pool your resources and see if you can get a law firm to take it on. You'll get their, this standard is all crap. In my opinion this test should be abollished altogether, if you study the denisson case you'll agree.
Good luck.
[ 11 January 2002: Message edited by: Soup Nazi ]</p>