I personally don't see how they can say it's safe for me to fly on the JAA class 2 medical, as a PPL, where arguably I would spend 100% of my time VFR, on far far less equiptment than in a big jet with co-pilot and banks of nav aids and atc/tcas/radar and IFR, when suddenly my eyes ARE NOT good enough
.... I don't care if you have the eyesight of superman, if you hit another aircraft it's going to hurt whatever medical you have .....
Bit of an odd question, but could this be classed as discrimination?? As how can they say people are unfit to fly on a CAA licence due to eyesight, yet there are hundreds of american / FAA pilots who fly in the CAA states with far "worse" prescriptions than the CAA allow
..... If it is proven that your corrected vision is no factor to flight safty, and bearing in mind you have to by law carry a spare pair of spectacles anyway, how can they refuse you a medical?
....shocking
