Eyesight requirements for UK air traffic controller?

[justsomeguy]

I've been trying to find out exactly what the required eyesight
standard is for UK air traffic controllers, but have found only
ambiguity and incomplete information :( so I came here for more! This
is what I have found so far:

NATS' site (http://www.nats.co.uk/recruitment/index.html etc) says 'A
good standard of health including colour vision...[is] needed. Contact
lenses and glasses are allowed, as long as they fall within certain
limits'

UKATTS' site (http://www.ukatts.org.uk/career1.htm) says more - 'A
high standard of ... eyesight is required; the vision must be at least
6/9 standard in each eye - this is better than is required for a
driving licence. If you require glasses to obtain this standard the
vision without glasses must not be less than 6/60.'

Now, I also found from the sci.med.vision faq that there is no
'straightforward' way to translate the dioptre numbers that appear on
a prescription into a 6/9-type measurement. Which is unfortunate.

All I want to know is can someone who is really really short-sighted
(I'm talking -7.5 here) - but fully correctible by glasses/contact
lenses - get in?

[resenär]

"justsomeguy" <justsom...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e39a297b.02012...@posting.google.com...

I have seen ATC job advertisements stating that they are an equal
opporunities employer. So, I suppose even if you can't see at all then they
still have to give you a chance.
Res

[Lansbury]

On 29 Jan 2002 17:40:31 -0800, justsom...@yahoo.com (justsomeguy) wrote:

>UKATTS' site (http://www.ukatts.org.uk/career1.htm) says more - 'A
>high standard of ... eyesight is required; the vision must be at least
>6/9 standard in each eye - this is better than is required for a
>driving licence. If you require glasses to obtain this standard the
>vision without glasses must not be less than 6/60.'
>
>Now, I also found from the sci.med.vision faq that there is no
>'straightforward' way to translate the dioptre numbers that appear on
>a prescription into a 6/9-type measurement. Which is unfortunate.

Take that information to your optician and ask them if you met it. The
organisation I work for has eyesight requirements without and without correction
for those needing glasses and an optician can answer that question.

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Lansbury
LHR