Originally Posted by gijoe
My experience of this was that the CAA docs positively enouraged me to go abroad and do the tests there!
One senior, very senior , doc said that he did not believe in CVD restrictions and could see no point for them in today's world...he did add 'don't quote me' but it shows what a farce it is!
in responce to your post i write:
Hello my name is Oliver Tomsett, I am currently under going training for my private pilots license, with the further intention of becoming an airline pilot. The other week I attended my class 2 medical which I passed with flying colours until I was tested for my colour vision, (using the ishihara plates) I failed miserberly, the examiner said I would never make it as an airline pilot now the stupid thing is that when sat in a cockpit i can read off all the colours to my instructor and can tell him the colour of the landing lights on the runway. This remark moved me, I am not about to let my dream die, so I set about researching the topic, were I found that the civil aviation authority was willing to test such candidates using the beyne lantern and the Holmes Wright lantern examinations. So I booked an appointment at Gatwick to have one. When I arrived I was extremely nervous; so apparent I was shaking, but I took the beyne lantern and only failed by, what the examiner said was marginal. Then I was tested on the Holmes Wright lantern I failed on the first set of lights, Any way I have been deemed by the CAA as colour unsafe. after reading your post about CAA doctors i wonder if you could supply infomation on the mentioned, as the only other option given to me by the CAA is a tribuneral.