Hi all,
Last week Dr Arthur Pape delivered a major presentation to the International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine (ICASM) Conference held in Melbourne. It was attended by over 400 aviation medical experts from around the world.
The presentation was entitled "Case Studies: Australian Professional Pilots with the Colour Vision Defect of Protanopia."
It highlighted the fact that there is no link between tests of ability to name colours and tests of the "safe performance of duties" as pilots.
The presentation was reportedly very well recieved and is sure to generate further discussions amongst aviation medico's as to the relevance of colour vision testing.