CX Vision Standards - Distance and Colour?
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CX Vision Standards - Distance and Colour?
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone knows the distance vision standards for the medical. Also, does anyone know what kind of colour vision testing is done? I have trouble with the Ishihara and lantern tests but passed the Farnsworth D-15 which works in Canada. Do they use the 24- or 38-plate Ishihara? The 24-plate version is online at
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/teares/gktvc/vc...ess/cblind.htm
and apparently there are small numbers on the real plates (1-24) that you could use to "help" recognize what you are supposed to see.
Thanks in advance!
Just wondering if anyone knows the distance vision standards for the medical. Also, does anyone know what kind of colour vision testing is done? I have trouble with the Ishihara and lantern tests but passed the Farnsworth D-15 which works in Canada. Do they use the 24- or 38-plate Ishihara? The 24-plate version is online at
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/teares/gktvc/vc...ess/cblind.htm
and apparently there are small numbers on the real plates (1-24) that you could use to "help" recognize what you are supposed to see.
Thanks in advance!
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Hiya, well when I got my HK CAD medical they put me through the Ishihara 24 plate test......twice at the doctor's office then I got sent to an ophthalmologists to do more things to my eyes (including one where I had to see him waving his hands about rather frantically)...and at the latter location I also had a 24 plate Ishihara pulled out on me.
Also remember doing a medical for the CX Cadetship years back before I left HK and they also pulled out the 24 plate Ishihara. Practically on the verge of memorising those plates by now, I think!
I think it's safe to say that that's what they use as a standard. As for the visual acuity, for distance, the HK CAD requires that you bring your vision back up to 20/20, with or without corrective lenses. There's no maximum correctable limit, and they brought this in line with the ICAO which had dropped the limit clause in Nov 2001 I think. Which really helped me when I got my HK CAD because before they used to place a limit on 20/200. The airlines, however, may have their own policy on visual acuity, uncorrected, who knows. I'm crossing my fingers as much as the next person.... but I hope my little tidbit helps! Good luck to you
Also remember doing a medical for the CX Cadetship years back before I left HK and they also pulled out the 24 plate Ishihara. Practically on the verge of memorising those plates by now, I think!
I think it's safe to say that that's what they use as a standard. As for the visual acuity, for distance, the HK CAD requires that you bring your vision back up to 20/20, with or without corrective lenses. There's no maximum correctable limit, and they brought this in line with the ICAO which had dropped the limit clause in Nov 2001 I think. Which really helped me when I got my HK CAD because before they used to place a limit on 20/200. The airlines, however, may have their own policy on visual acuity, uncorrected, who knows. I'm crossing my fingers as much as the next person.... but I hope my little tidbit helps! Good luck to you
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I spoke with a Dr. Cox from the Cathay Medical Department last week, According to him, CX would accept you no matter what your prescription, so long as it was correctable to 20/20. Also provided that you don't have any other eye disease.
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fhchiang,
Pilot in HKG, yes, working, nope! I tend to do most flying in the States. I just tend to come home when I need a medical update, the docs here are really great.
peeps
Pilot in HKG, yes, working, nope! I tend to do most flying in the States. I just tend to come home when I need a medical update, the docs here are really great.
peeps
