VISION THREAD (other than colour vision)

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This new document that has been released seems to contradict the one released in December, because as 200KIAS mentions, there was originally no dioptre limit and you could be assessed as fit providing you could obtain 6/6 vision either corrected or uncorrected, but this new document has the original JAA limits of -6 and +5.

The new document does however state that someone outside the limits can be assessed fit by the licensing authority so I hope this means that our CAA can examine you on a case by case basis and assess you as fit. I hope I have understood this correctly and that this is in fact the case because my eyesight is -7.5 and I was issued with a deviation in July 2010 with the understanding it would be removed once I had my CPL.

The CAA just keep asking me to look at EASA’s website and won’t answer my questions surrounding this issue– I’m just hoping these new regulations don’t render me unfit