Jay Honeck
Member
At my last medical, the AME in Corpus Christi determined that I was color blind, and revoked my right to fly at night. This despite my rather obvious ability to discern colors, and the fact that I never had any color deficiency until being tested on his equipment.
Today I had my eyes professionally tested for new glasses. There is no change in my prescription, and my eyes are corrected to 20/15. I am also NOT color blind, even though I have difficulty discerning the patterns on the computer version of the color vision test.
When given the test on paper, under incandescent light, I did just fine. The doctor's diagnosis for the recent change: Age-related slight yellowing of the lens inside my eye.
Which, BTW, she says is completely normal for anyone over 50. Otherwise, my vision is superior -- above average.
Now, I don't fly at night anyway, and -- if I need to -- my wife, Mary, can act as PIC, so I probably won't fight to get night privileges back, but what a crock of bull.
Today I had my eyes professionally tested for new glasses. There is no change in my prescription, and my eyes are corrected to 20/15. I am also NOT color blind, even though I have difficulty discerning the patterns on the computer version of the color vision test.
When given the test on paper, under incandescent light, I did just fine. The doctor's diagnosis for the recent change: Age-related slight yellowing of the lens inside my eye.
Which, BTW, she says is completely normal for anyone over 50. Otherwise, my vision is superior -- above average.
Now, I don't fly at night anyway, and -- if I need to -- my wife, Mary, can act as PIC, so I probably won't fight to get night privileges back, but what a crock of bull.
