Recommendations for cataract surgery lenses for flying
At 05:19 24 March 2018, jfitch wrote:
On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 8:40:29 AM UTC-7,
wrote:
Separately from the discussion about lenses, that FAA brochure is
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ing binocular vision and depth perception in general. Binocular vision
is
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just one of many ways that our eye-brain system perceives depth,
and it is
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only effective up to a distance of 6 feet or so. It is not of much
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ce to landing an aircraft.
Lack of binocular vision didn't seem to bother Wylie Post.
We need an AME to weigh in on this one. I once flew with an airline
captain who had lost one eye and the hearing in one ear, but was
still flying as a captain with an FAA demonstrated ability waiver.
RO
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