unfazed,
What has been said is all true. I'm pretty sure I set the precident for this. I went to the CAA a couple of years ago and failed the lantern tests, altho only slightly. I said that the white on the Beyne lantern was yellow, since it is a baige colour. I thought this was pretty unfair and so looked at different ways to continue my fight. I heard about the German AMC here on pprune and the fact that they have a slightly different protocol for their beyne lantern tests. They show you each colour first and tell you what it is, they then show you all the colours randomly and you have to say what they are. I passed this test. I then returned to the UK who then turned around and said that they would not accept the lantern test as it was done in a different protocol to their own. After a number of letters to the chief medical officer the CAA agreed that they would accept a full German Class 1 medical and convert that to a UK medical as they normally do. I then returned to Germany, passed the full class 1 medical and the CAA converted it just like they said they would. As has been said it looks like the CAA are now actually advising people who fail the lantern tests to do this. This doesn't surprise me as I've heard a number of the doctors at the CAA think that colourvision testing is pointless, so they do their best to help you. Make sure you keep trying, I now have a full CAA class 1 medical and am going to be taking my CPL test soon! Good luck to you all.