Eyesight test for medical
Hi everybody, was wondering if there's anybody on here who was outside of the eyesight requirements for the class 1 medical but was granted one anyway? I'm 32, been short sighted all my life and my prescription is -6.75 so am out of the range for uncorrected. It says on the CAA website that you may be granted a class 1 medical but would be up to an opthomologist. So.... Any fellow blind people out there with a class 1? Also, do the airlines accept the CAA medical before they appoint pilots or are you required to undergo a separate one, and if so do any of them have more stringent eyesight requirements?
Many thanks