Weaker right eye
Does anybody know of any airline pilots flying with one good eye and another that doesn't quite make the EASA Class 1 standard?
The CAA allows this now, if I am correct.
I ask because a rugby eye injury at the age of 18 stopped my childhood dreams of becoming an airline pilot.
I've had two successful careers in banking and the media since but now in my 40s I think this is my last chance of doing something I first wrote about when I was 12-years-old.
My left eye is very very good -- better than 20/20 when corrected.
My right eye corrected is about 20/30. But I had the natural lens removed due to the injury, so without correction it's +55 or something ridiculous like that. I also had some damage to the iris but I've played cricket, football, driven etc etc with no problems and the eye is stable.
I'm going to my opthalmologist on Tue with the CAA form...
But if the CAA don't give me a Class 1 medical I don't know how 'm going to take it.
Thank you.