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Old 12th Feb 2017, 11:57
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The best way to find out where you are in relation to eyesight is to study in detail the CAA's requirements on these pages:

https://www.caa.co.uk/Aeromedical-Ex...e-material-GM/

In the bottom right hand corner of that page is a tool called: SpecCalc when you punch in the number of your correction it will come up with 2 possible answers.

OK Class 1 Renewal/Revalidation
OK Class 1 Initial

If you are OK for Class 1 Initial then your prescription is acceptable; if you are OK Class 1 Renewal/Revalidation then the CAA will have to review your case in detail.

Apart from the prescription required the other important issue is whether your visual acuity is acceptable. The limits are also on that CAA page but for brevity I have copied and pasted them down here:

(c)
Distant visual acuity, with or without correction, shall be:


(1) in the case of class 1 medical certificates, 6/9 (0,7) or better in each eye separately and visual acuity with both eyes shall be 6/6 (1,0) or better;
If you don't meet the visual acuity it is very very unlikely that you will be able to get a Class 1 Medical Certificate.
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