WHEN WILL IT CHANGE ?!?!
The current eyesight situation is absolute madness. In the UK, we have non-UK citizens flying into UK airspace with eyesight prescriptions well over -5.0 etc., and guess what - they don't crash because of their prescription!
Yet a UK citizen with eyesight outside current limits but within FAA limits, can not fly. If it's dangerous,( which is the purpose of medicals: to prevent 'unfit' people from flying and thus endangering others) then those not meeting such standards should not endanger people by being allowed to fly within the UK.
In addition, it leads people to Bates' methods, laser treatment, just to meet unnecessary standards.
There is no logic whatsoever for this standard, and it's about time the UK stuck to its guns (it seems that others JAA states are preventing this rational change) and
changed its situation asap.
Can legal action not be brought, possibly under employment law, as it's discrimination and deprives us of our right to work. Equally, a judicial review action may be appropriate.
Let's get this changed,
FANS.