Is my Visual Acuity OK?

[Dominatio]

Hi Folks

Hoping there is someone on forum who can advise.

I have an NPPL Doctors medical declaration for flying which I believe is the same level as that for a professional driver (HGV etc).

However I just want to confirm that my measured visual acuity meets the medical requirement (just been tested with a significant reduction of vision in my right eye).

Left Eye 6/6 Right Eye 6/15 both unaided.

Any feedback would be valued.

[Contact Approach]

As long as its corrected to 6/6 then you're fine, I believe.

C.A

[Dominatio]

Hi CA

Unfortunately it cannot be corrected with specs or surgery. However the medical does allow for a poor eye, even if corrected - just not sure how bad it is allowed to be?

[snapper1]

I believe 6/6 is the metric equivalent of 20/20 so that's pretty good. However, if you're going to get correction for 6/15 you might as well go for an improvement in the other eye as well. This could possibly bring both eyes up to 6/5 or even 6/4. Think how much safer you will feel if you do this. You could have the lenses put into some cool looking shades of your choice.

[Dr Jekyll]

My understanding is that providing you can hit 6/6 in one eye, the other can be as bad as 6/60.

[Dominatio]

That's where I was at, but concerned I was not reading the acuity scales correctly.

Thanks for the feedback all.

[Whopity]

However the medical does allow for a poor eye

I know a number of pilots with only one eye including 3 military ones.

You need to look at AMC1 MED.B.070 Visual system in AMC and GM to Part Med

(e) Uncorrected visual acuity
No limits apply to uncorrected visual acuity.

[Dominatio]

Thanks Whopity

I'll check further, thanks for the link.

[Phororhacos]

Vocational driving standards are here

https://www.gov.uk/current-medical-g...-a-to-c#acuity

Group 2 entitlement vocational – lorries, buses
Drivers must have a visual acuity, using corrective lenses if necessary, of at least 6/7.5 (0.8 decimal) in the better eye and at least 6/60 (Snellen, decimal 0.1) in the other eye.