Do RAF ATCOs require a CAA medical?
I was accepted for training by NATS in June this year. I have found out today after multiple appeals that I would not be granted a CAA medical because my pre-laser surgery eyesight is 0.5 dioptre outside the requirements. According to the CAA this is a purely political decision as there is no medical evidence for the uncorrected and pre-surgery refractive requirements. Indeed the FAA and CASA no longer have them. Unfortunately a couple of European states want to keep the regulations despite all evidence to the contrary (probably the French!)
Anyway, what I was wondering is, do the RAF & RN require their ATCOs to have a CAA Class 1 medical?