JAA medical
Hi,
sorry to hear that you failed the medical.... To my personal knowledge, it seems that the UK are the most relaxed as far as vision standards are concerned, so the outcome of your letter to the UK CAA might already be positive.
Even if they should say "NO", it seems that EASA standards will be somewhat more relaxed then JAA when they are implemented, I have not heard any specific values for initial yet, but apparently "at least +/- 5 diopters initially, probably no more requirement on renewal" according to rumors at mylast medical visit. So maybe you should try to find out about what EASA requirements will be and if they work out for you, just consider getting FAA training in the meantime, and convert to European when EASA becomes effective.
Either way you do it, I hope it works out for you!
KA