Originally Posted by Pontius Pilot

I wore polarized lenses while instructing and also as an FO. I don't believe the FAA's assertion that it will prevent you from "See & Avoid". I always see the other traffic just fine. Yes, some aircraft you can see weird purple colors on the windshield and some instruments sometimes look a shade different
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I'm just that used to them and their benefits - even if they haven't been TSO'd by the FAA - I will continue to wear them.

Originally Posted by Pontius Pilot

… Just because they color the windshield a little purple on a few planes doesn't mean I can't see out of it. Not any worse than the cracks that populate the windshields of the majority of planes I fly. Its a very faint purple color that causes no impairment.

Furthermore, See & Avoid is BS and I don't know many airline pilots that could argue otherwise. I've been in the jumspeat of a hell of a lot of airlines on a hell of a lot of equipment - and 99% of the time the seats go back and the magazines come out. We heavily rely on radar and TCAS - I doubt seriously that my sunglasses are an impediment to airline safety.

Its about as serious a safety problem as wearing non-TSO'd headsets while flying. I've done that too…