First Class Medical Exam with -6.25 Myopia

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bokteo

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Good Morning Doctor,

I've always thought my myopia (-6.25 in both eyes) would not preclude me the possibility of becoming an Airline Pilot, in fact I recently got my Second Class medical Certificate and I remember reading a similar story in this forum https://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/strong-myopia-and-faa-class-1.202552/

but then I found the official EASA Aircrew Part-MED document which reads :
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(1) At initial examination an applicant may be assessed as fit with:
(i) hypermetropia not ex
ceeding +5.0 dioptres;
(ii) myopia not exceeding –6.0 dioptres;
(iii) astigmatism not exceeding 2.0 dioptres;
(iv) anisometropia not exceeding 2.0 dioptres

It seems pretty clear that one of the requirements for a First Class medical Examination is not exceeding -6 dioptres in myopia which would assess both me and the guy from the other thread as Unfit.
Did criteria change since 2014? or am I reading something wrong?

Thank you for your time.
Best regards.
 
Not an AME but, 14 CFR 67.103 (a) states:
Distant visual acuity of 20/20 or better in each eye separately, with or without corrective lenses. If corrective lenses (spectacles or contact lenses) are necessary for 20/20 vision, the person may be eligible only on the condition that corrective lenses are worn while exercising the privileges of an airman certificate.

For an FAA medical, if you’re corrected to 20/20, you’re fine.
 
EASA and FAA have different standards. The FAA is a lot less strict. EASA is the European standard. Are you trying to get a medical in Europe or the US?
 
You may want to check if that is for your initial EASA first class medical. The standards for your initial are different from subsequent medical exams.

If you have already gotten a first class medical from the FAA then your first EASA medical will be treated the same as a renewal.

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Hi
I don’t believe that is the case any more, but I’d love to be proven wrong on this.
That is, that if you already have an FAA First Class that if you then go for an EASA First Class you are treated as INITIAL not RENEWAL on your first EASA examination

Can anyone clarify?
It used to be the case when JAA was in place that if you had your FAA 1st Class already in place and went for your EASA or CAA it was treated back then as renewal but I don’t believe that’s the case now
 
Shamrocked said:
Hi
I don’t believe that is the case any more, but I’d love to be proven wrong on this.
That is, that if you already have an FAA First Class that if you then go for an EASA First Class you are treated as INITIAL not RENEWAL on your first EASA examination

Can anyone clarify?
It used to be the case when JAA was in place that if you had your FAA 1st Class already in place and went for your EASA or CAA it was treated back then as renewal but I don’t believe that’s the case now
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I had to get an EASA medical in 2009. They treated it as an initial class 1 medical. I'm glad I don't have to do that stuff any more.

I do not know the current EASA rules.
 
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