Hi All,
Just wanted to update this post in case anybody is interested. I went for photochromatic lenses which have been great so far (though I read in DAME handbook that AvMed don't like them). But I have two pairs of glasses now which is great.
I had congenital cataracts as a child so AvMed requested more information which means I did the eye test for a Class 1 Medical even though I'm going for Class 2.
I had some issues with my contrast vision doing the sine wave tests at the most difficult level. Also, I completely flunked the stereo vision test though I understand from further reading that monocular pilots are OK. I actually didn't even know I had no depth perception (produced by my eyes at least) until the assessment so it was quite interesting. Both my eyes function at the same level from a visual acuity perspective but my brain only takes the signal from one eye at a time.
I'm a little nervous this will negatively impact my application but time will tell and fingers crossed. The RPC is still an option from me if this doesn't work out, or maybe I can do some further types of testing to verify my contrast vision is adequate. Not much i can do about the stereoscopic vision though!