Here's the deal... I just went to another AME last night for another opinion on color vision. He has a keystone telebinoclar, and the 24 plate ishihara test.
The keysone I passed perfectly. I had to look hard to get the numbers, but I got them all correct.
To pass this ishihara test, according to the FAA, I had to get 9 or more correct of plates 1 - 15. I got 11 correct. 1 or 2 may have been a good guess, but some of the plates were the same ones as on the other one I've taken before and had no problem with. I'm thinking the bright white fluorescent lighting in the office may have made it slightly harder for me.
He said that he's not there to fail me and if it were a borderline case, he'd side with the pilot in most judgment calls. But I passed anyway.
Do you think I will have a problem under the new rules? Will they stop accepting the keystone?