Hey Robbie,
don't desperate, ok?...nothing is said.
I know what it feels like, I passed through the same, but UK is for all of us a light in the tunnel.
Look here the FAA requirements:
Federal Aviation Regulations / Part 67 / FAA Medical Certification
If you are in the requirements for class 1 I would suggest you to try this, cause they would probably issue you the JAA class 1 after the FAA CPL + FAA class 1.
Ask them everything, what they would do in that event, but 90% they will accept this route...and they aren't giving you nothing for free, everything it's written here, "ICAO License holders" section:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/49/SRG_Med...olicyJan07.pdf
Are you ok for the JAA renewal requirements, aren't you?
Don't lose your hopes, in the past I lost mine after a JAA examination that said "unfit" but I am still fighting for it, and I don't how why but at the end I found something able to give me hopes.
Anyway, if the rules don't change start considering having an eye surgery AFTER the JAA class 1, cause if they issue the medical with the long-term deviation the only way to remove it (if the regs don't change) is to have the surgery.
It's exactly what I am planning to do, if they let me do.
Now I ask a question: how old are you?
Don't lose your hope, remember of people like me!!
