Hi all,
I've been having a good look around about vision and astigmatism is my pitfall.
I looked at 3 previous prescriptions from the past 2 years, 2 years ago my astigmatism was only -1.0, then 6 months ago it said it was at -2.25, and then about 1 month ago it said it was at -1.75.
As you can see this is very annoying, I'm going to get another eye test next week and see what it comes out as.
When you go for the medical, do they test your eyes or do you just hand them a current prescription? I'm worried that if I get a high street eye test it might come out as within the requirements so I go and cough up £500 for the medical and it is over.
I am only 22 so I am really hoping my astigmatism will stop getting worse now or at this rate I might be over the renewal requirements after I've spent all my money on training.
It seems like I have several options:
1) Wing it and hope my astigmatism is within the requirements on the day.
2) Get LASIK, which I don't really want to but it might be my only option to become a pilot.
3) Wait and see if the CAA expand the astigmatism requirements next year.