[Revisions in the assessment of fitness for aircraft flying].
So far medical requirements for aviators have been defined by national licensing authorities. For a long while ophthalmological problems, insufficiencies in vision, refraction or color vision, have been responsible for approximately 50% of rejection of applicants for medical reasons. New international regulations proposed as well by ICAO as JAA try to lead to a new balance in these requirements. In general, ophthalmological requirements now allow for lower standards, specifically in refraction, but also in color vision. Also new examination methods are admitted. German and French authorities have announced their opposition being concerned about flight safety for the future.
Universitäts-Augenklinik Hamburg.
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D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014787:Vision Tests; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation