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  • The visual standards recommended are:

    Class I

    Distant Visual Acuity (with or without correction)

    6/9 or better – Each eye separately

    6/6 or better – Both eyes together (Binocular Visual Acuity)

    Near Visual Acuity (with or without correction)

    N 5 – At 30 – 50 cms

    N 14 – At 100 cms

    Class II

                Distant Visual Acuity (with or without correction)

    6/12 or better – Each eye separately

    6/9 or better – Both eyes together (Binocular Visual Acuity)

    Near Visual Acuity (with or without correction)

    N 5 – At 30 – 50 cms

    N 14 – At 100 cms

    Particular attention should be directed to the cornea to detect contact lenses

    scars of surgical procedures to correct refractive errors such as PRK and LASIK.

     A minimum period of six months must have lapsed after the procedure and eyes must be free from any related complications.

    Visual Fields

     Should be adequate

     

    Manifest Squint

    Presence of Manifest Squint is disqualifying for commercial flying duties.

    Colour Perception

    Colour Perception Defective Unsafe disqualifying for civil pilot licensing.

          Adnexia

No acute or chronic pathological condition of either eye or adnexa that interferes with the proper function of an eye, that may reasonably be expected to progress to that degree, or that may reasonably be expected to be aggravated by flying.