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Old March 22nd 18, 05:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Recommendations for cataract surgery lenses for flying

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-7, JB Gunner wrote:
On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 8:02:15 PM UTC-4, Retting wrote:
FAA......I have been wearing mono contacts for 45 years. My medical stipulates only that I wear corrective lenses for far and near vision.
Contacts plus bifocals equal corrected vision.
R


I think we communicated. Here is a reference from FAA 17-2021 FAA brochure on pilot vision.

A Word about Contact Lenses
Monovision contact lenses (one contact lens for distant vision and the other lens for near vision) make the pilot alternate his/her vision; that is, a person uses one eye at a time, suppressing the other, and consequently impairs binocular vision and depth perception. These lenses are not acceptable for piloting an aircraft.


I've tried a mono vision contact lens, and thought it gave up quite a bit of far visual acuity. Of course a pilot can fly with just one eye, so again it depends. I know several pilots who have had monovision Lasik correction (one eye corrected for near vision).