The Ishihara plates (colour dotts) is a very subjective test. Weird though this sounds, in the main I have 20/20 vision. However, when reading the plates from 10 inches a way......I can hardly see a bloody thing. From 3 feet away, I can read the lot. I have done the Holmes-Wright Lantern test at LGW and passed......but no one can provide a sensible explanation for the above. Or can they?
Furthermore......the CAA medical divison really go out of their way to help us "defectives"..........NOT!!!
Go to the US where flying is not a luxury....but a necessity and basically forms part of the the US public transport system. It's cheaper and the medicals aspect is so much less expensive. I have just returned with a Class 1, and paid £75.00........approx £325.00 less than the CAA. Now how can one justify the cost of the CAA's medical?
[This message has been edited by Captain Numpty (edited 06 April 2001).]