The dioptres are the measures as +2.75 etc.

Go to the CAA website and look for the eyesight requirements.

What is the medical requirements of DCA Malaysia?

well.. weird...

i went to AME...

did some checks.. he gave me a FULL Malaysian CLass-1 with that correction.


he never told me about the initial limits.. he just say i qualified.. and gave me my certificate......

i couldn't obtain any information on MAlaysian Class-1 Medical Eyesight requirements..

What is AME? Do you know any other medical requirement?

Aviation Medical Examiner....


sorry ...|Ken| ,, can relaly help you much as the DCA website isn't very informative........

i don't have the details on other requirements......

all i can say is.. i PASS my class-1 with that eyesight

Good News
 

That´s good news! I have a substandart vision in one eye and want to apply for JAA class 1 medical this year. Im trying a job in Europe this month.

Hi friends,do you know if there will be any change also in "heart valve replacement" requirements?
Thanks a lot!
Gianluca

Had my medical yesterday. Was told that the rulemaking is being reviewed by all the EU national authorities. My AME is very high up the food chain here in my country, and he told me that he expects them to be handed back with the added comments around September, then they will have to be translated into proper law. The language of the original law will be English. Then the national authorities will have to translate the new rules into their own languages before the new regulations become law in their respective countries.
In my country they have already decided that they will waive the translation step as far as implementation goes. Some things are already being used, no more colour-blindness test is being given, except during your initial class 1. But the person giving me my eye tests did not have any ideas on else was going to change.
My AME figured that it was about 75% sure that the deadline for November 1, 2006 was going to be met in my country. But the exact rules won’t be known for a few more months.
Greetings O.

Hello otterman, many thanks for the update.
cheers
H

Hi there
I wanted to learn to fly last year, but I didn't bother starting once I'd found out that I couldn't get a class two medical because I am +7.5 and +8.5

I also have some other problems with my eyesight but the CAA said that the refractive errors were the only major problem.
I live in the channel islands so If i wanted to fly, I have to get the JAA PPL and I cant do an NPPL over here!

I have heard this talk about relaxation of vision requirements, do any of you know if I will be able to get a class two in the forseeable future?

And also do you know how long this will be?????


Many thanks,
Degers
(Andrew Degnen)

Sorry guys, but there is scant evidence that 'medicals' benefit the punters - they are there to maintain safety for the aircraft and community. If you want a medical in the UK, go to your GP, but we see false positives on a regular basis. BUPA and other companies have made a fortune out of fear but it is just that.

The basic tests of urine (for diabetes) blood pressure and looking at the back of the eye are all you need, and only every few years. Men need a PSA and women a couple of other bits but it is all free on the NHS.

So any reduction in the frequency of tests that reduces costs and the fear of your license being pulled is fantastic news. The current blood tests are worthless anyhow

Will someone tell me where I can find the physical requirements for a 1st class medical ICAO standards for now and when the age is raised to 65.

I am unable to find a link.

Thanks
Marc

Sfomarc.

You will find each and every ICAO requirement within the ICAO bookset or its annexes. Sorry I don't know which one is germane to medicals but I imagine a trawl through their website will find it. Bear in mind that ICAO requirements form the minimum standard in all areas and that most advanced aviation states have stricter criteria.

I can't see there being any difference for pilots aged over 60. We either meet the standard or we don't.

Confundemus

We are at the end of september: when could we expect some news about new visual requirements?

Thanx

Bye

ACIDO

Sound like a damn good safety net to me. Wish I had one like that.

Good news, bad news:

At the FLYER Professional Flight Training Show yesterday, Stuart Mitchell from the UK CAA Aeromedical Centre gave a talk about the Class 1 medical.

He said that NPA-FCL 28 (latest text here [Microsoft Word .doc file, ~1 MB]) is expected to be implemented in December. (The JAA Committee is meeting on 15 November.)

He also suggested that the mechanism for issuing an initial Class 1 with a deviation to those who are between initial and renewal limits is likely to end "sometime soon".

That's terrible indeed!

It means that, with the new regulation, who has ,7,50 diopters of miopy won't be able to get a first class neither with restrictions?
If he won't, the new regulation is really a step back in liberalization of requirements!
Dont' you agree?

ACIDO

Yes, thats true. But if you look further down in the document you can see that they have raised the pre-op value to -8 diopters. So you can correct your -7.5 diopters of myopia with lasik.


Personally I think that the JAA comitee has done a good job towards liberalizing the medical requirements.

For all the young wannabe pilots out there I think that in about 5 years the medical requirements are going to be even less stringent.

Hi Jimmy, where did you read the preop requirements have been raised to -8 diopters?
I read the NPA 28, but I found that the max preop requirements for a first medical class is +5 -6, not -8. Please, tell me I am wrong!

Bye

:rolleyes:

oops, you are right. Sorry my misstake. If you really want to become a pilot you can always go to the states and take an FAA license.

I am very sorry about your situation ACIDO.