A chief medical expert in a Finnish aviation related hospital once said
that he personally wants to see a few decades for all the related
side-effects of the eye surgeries to come up.
Especially he put weight on the surgical eyesight correction for pilots,
that should not be used, according to this gentleman with a long
career in aviation medicine. This opinion is a few years back, so
there might be some changes. Half a decade has alredy passed,
so there might be some empirical and statistical evidence already.
P.S. A close friend of mine (Not an atco, not a pilot ) had a
laser surgery in the eyes. The only thing is that the glares from
bright lights in the darkness do disperse a bit more than before.
That was the only side-effect for this person. So far.
Last edited by Slo Moe; 29th Jun 2008 at 14:20.
Reason: "d" added, "to come up" added, "t" added, "the" added