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Old 23rd May 2003 | 09:20
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ausdoc
 
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Another long-term effect of all types of refractive surgery is a loss of contrast sensitivity. This is not routinely measured during eye examinations, and the operational implications are not well determined, but everyone who has this surgery will lose 1 - 2 lines of acuity on low contrast testing. This would be a concern to me if a lot of my flying was done at night.

In military aircrew, there are a lot of advantages to not having to wear glasses or contacts (NVGs, NBC masks, etc), but the risk/benefit ratio might be different in civil pilots.
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