Thanks guys. There's lots of golden advice being given here and I really appreciate all input.

Great posts, Saltydog and voodiloquist.

Flyboyd, I checked out airwarriors forums. Ran into the post about eyesight, and I haven't been to the eyedoc in a couple of years, and when I did it was just the optometrist at Wally Mart. From what I've seen LASIK is a lot cheaper than it used to be. My brother got it done by a top-notch surgeon about 3 or 4 years ago and I think it ended up costing him 3 grand plus having to put eyedrops and gel in his eyes daily. I think he still carries genteal around with him.

An old CFI I used to fly with had it done in the 3-digit price range and he said his vision before the operation was terrible and 20/20 after. Good research here probably is the solution to to finding a good doc. I've heard of some real horror stories with LASIK.

Any of you guys had the procedure done? My vision isn't 20/20 but I think 20/40 in one eye and 20/50 or so in the other. Not good enough for a Navy Pilot. Supposedly AFTER being granted a pilot slot slightly worse vision than 20/20 is acceptable but that doesn't really help much. I also have astigmatism. What I really need to do is just see a good optometrist and discuss what my options are.

Chris