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Originally Posted by Ronnie (Post 106622)

I know this is late in the post here - but I want to assure you that your carrer is far from over. So they denied your medical. Fight it. I have strabismus with 20/15 in the left eye and 20/25 in the right eye. I currently hold a cat 1 medical with no conditions. This however came after a lot of fight on my part.

Too many people give up when they get denied. Your vision might not meet requirements, but neither does most pilots out there glasses or not. I'm not saying they let anyone up. I was a special situation and underwent testing. But there are options considering you have 400 hours assuming incident free. Clearly you can fly the a/c.

I would personally go see you faa medical doctor - (the one who has the say if you get the cat 1 or not). See him in person.

Over the phone I got told quote un quote" "Ron don't bother going for your cat 1 I will never approve you for it". My luck, he retired and another aviation med guy came on and approved me with a restricted cat 1 to dual flying only........then condition removed. My success was making the drive to see him in person.

Just some food for thought!

Ron!

Just an update, I was granted a first class medical. I will just leave it at that.

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Originally Posted by UNDGUY (Post 106691)

Just an update, I was granted a first class medical. I will just leave it at that.

Congrats, and good luck in your future(even though you're a UNDGUY!!!!) I won't hold that against you!

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Originally Posted by UNDGUY (Post 106691)

Just an update, I was granted a first class medical. I will just leave it at that.

Awesome!

I'm sure you have talked to many folks about this stuff, but just in case you haven't heard about wave-front LASIK, you might want to look into that someday. By taking into account the various inconsistencies in your cornea and eyeball, this procedure can provide better vision than would ever be possible with any sort of corrective lenses. It is revolutionary...

You mentioned this, but to reiterate for the benefit of anyone else...you do not want to get any kind of laser eye surgery until your vision stabilizes. Don't go by some arbitrary age...wait until your prescription stops changing from year to year. This happened for me in my late 20s. Otherwise your natural aging/growing process will undo your expensive laser correction in short order.

Again, Wave-Front LASIK has the potential for spectaular improvements beyond anything previously possible with glasses, contacts, or surgery. I would not consider anything else unless you are doing it for the military.