Crazy isn't it ! JAR dictates you cannot fly due to slightly impared vision....yet, the CAA are quite happy to let you take to the same skies, in the same aircraft, with said vision. So what this really means is either that a) The NPPL medical standard is too low (I don't think) or that b) JAR medical standard is far to high for PPLs (I do think). You can do a lot of damage in an 18 wheeler if you keel over and cark it at the wheel, in a light aircraft you'll probably leave a dent in some farmers field....!
Oh well, I suppose these standards were laid down by the same people who reckoned British cucumbers were too bent, british chocolate is not chocolate, and banana's had to have X° of bend to be considered a banana !
Cheers
EA
