You gave me your opinion, now I'll give you mine. If I had the choice, I wouldn't put anyone I cared about on a plane with someone like YOU flying. Anyone who flies off the handle and has a knee jerk irrational reaction concerning an issue about which they don't have the slightest understanding and then harshly criticizes someone they don't even know is not best mindset to have when it comes to flying, especially flying involving CRM.

Now that my opinion is out there, it's time for the facts. You probably already have put your family on a plane with a color vision deficient pilot! There are THOUSANDS worldwide at all levels of aviation, and growing, all operating 100% safely for decades and for tens of thousands of hours. And that's only counting the waivered population! As many deficiencies aren't noted because the FAA allows 17+ (yes that's 17 plus) acceptable color vision tests and they each have a certain false negative percentage. Surely MANY have slipped through the "cracks". Add to that if they can't pass any of those, the FAA allows the color vision "waiver" test I recommended. So if you don't agree with me it doesn't matter because the FAA apparently does. Take it up with them if you are so concerned. In my opinion, there is no safety issue here. They still check your eyes every renewal, and they even test your color vision each time (even with the Letter of Evidence) because like you said, they check for "changes to your condition" just in case. The difference here is if there are no changes, you're still good to go. They grandfather the older letters, even if the color vision testing policy changes and rightfully so.. If someone with no changes has been flying for 20+ years with no issues then why take their job away?

So maybe I misworded it by saying "no more color vision testing".. I should have mentioned the detail above (where you still get tested, but only for changes or other eye conditions).
I'm just trying to help the guy out here, as someone going through it myself.

And for the record, I pass many of the tests.. I technically don't need to go through the waiver process, but I am choosing to. This puts me under more scrutiny and ensures my abilities to see what I need to see and fly safe more than most of the flying public ever goes through. What I'm doing is preventing the need for me to track down an AME with a certain rare model vision tester each time I renew! If the FAA inspector says I'm safe, and I still get re-checked the same as everyone else, then what more can you ask for?