Corrective lens limitations and wording?

[Matthew]

I’ve been nearsighted and worn glasses for many years. I’ve been needing near vision correction for a while now, too. I solved that problem starting with bifocals and now progressives.

Over the last few years my nearsightedness is getting better and I’m now testing 20/20, uncorrected, in each eye. I still need readers. Today I got the corrective lenses restriction removed from my drivers license.

Next month I’ll renew my class III. Because of slight astigmatism, my glasses do give me crisper vision, especially at night, so there’s nearly a 100% chance I will continue to wear them while flying. If I do the eye test at the AME without my glasses for distance, but use them for near, what would the wording be on the medical? My current medical says, “Must use corrective lens(es) to meet vision standards at all required distances.”

 

[Dana]

My last medical said, "must have available glasses for near vision."

 

[Matthew]

My last medical said, "must have available glasses for near vision."

Thanks.

I have prescription sunglasses, but I also have non-prescription sunglasses with reader lenses.

 

[bbchien]

"Must use corrective lenses to meet vision standards at all required distances"

 

[Greg Bockelman]

"Must use corrective lenses to meet vision standards at all required distances"

Is that new? Does that apply to all corrective needs?

 

[Matthew]

Is that new? Does that apply to all corrective needs?

I think, technically, that covers everything:

“Must use corrective lenses to meet vision standards at all required distances”

If you can meet distance standards without corrective lenses then there’s nothing to use. And if you need readers to meet near standards, then use them.

 

[Jim_R]

I think, technically, that covers everything:

“Must use corrective lenses to meet vision standards at all required distances”

If you can meet distance standards without corrective lenses then there’s nothing to use. And if you need readers to meet near standards, then use them.

If that interpretation is correct, why not just put that boilerplate text on every certificate and not even bother with an eye exam during the physical?

 

[Matthew]

If that interpretation is correct, why not just put that boilerplate text on every certificate and not even bother with an eye exam during the physical?

That’s a good point.

 

[bbchien]

It's new. The inspectors could not tell if the pilot was wearing the combination with which the airman certified. The pilots don't know the standards. Iss' a "southern" finesse, as it were. All the old endosements went the way of the dodo.

 

[jordane93]

"Must use corrective lenses to meet vision standards at all required distances"

This is what my medical says