MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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For the others who wanted to join but were disqualified on the basis of their eyesight. I noticed the announcement over at PPrune.
I'll give the application a go next summer after I've graduated and been 12 months post surgery.... it probably won't work out but you never know.. 
Time to book an appointment at Moorefield eye hospital! I'd die with a massive insane grin on my face if I managed to pull this one off.
Oh, now they change the rule.
Is there an upper age limit? Is it 49?
Given the number of horrific issues I've seen with eye surgery and the issues of lack of long term knowledge, im not sure I'd want to do that just to get to risk my life in a plane.
That said, they wouldn't take me at 31 anyway.
Well the Raf and Army Air core send their blokes to Moorefield along with special forces, so I'm not overly worried about the risks. It just costs a small fortune to have it done there.
I don't really care so much about the "risking your life part" either. I loved flying and the idea of flying something fast that I mentally got my head round that at a young age.
People enjoy different things. It's why some people go base jumping. If I do anything that remotely involves hard acceleration (not so much in mountain biking though) the fear/anxiety part of my brain switches off. I enjoy anything that requires dexterity and quick problem solving as well. Don't know why, it's just how I'm wired. It's hard to describe but I found gliding or karting to put me in a similar state of mind as when I play the piano. (Using both hands for different purposes alters your brain signals?) I don't know.
We'll see how it goes hey? I'd much rather at least give it a go than end up old wishing I'd had a go, instead of wondering if I was capable of doing it my whole life.
Great. The eye sight thing scuppered my plans to be a helicoptor pilot. Now, any chance they shifted the age limit? It was a good few years ago when they shattered my dreams.
Julian Stevens at Moorfields is the man to see. He's the best there is at the job and is the person most people end up going to if they've been to a budget and had a bad job that needs fixing. He did mine a few years ago and did an amazing job which has been worth every penny. You'll need LASEK not LASIK for the MOD.
Although he may seem expensive, by the time you compare to Optimax and the like, when you factor in what they consider as an optional extra (sg. Wavefront) which Julian considers as mandatory for the best job possible, the prices become similar.
That must be some hospital.Time to book an appointment at Moorefield eye hospital! I'd die with a massive insane grin on my face if I managed to pull this one off.
A bloke from the RNIB said two things to be about laser eye surgery. The first was "Don't" and the second was "Nobody has ever paid £500 for laser eye surgery." Because as soon as they start saying "Well, the basic is £500, but X is extra, Y is extra". It'd be like buying glasses that you knew you'd have to wear for the rest of your life and saying "Nah, skip the anti reflect and the light lenses".
So there's probably bugger all in it between the best and the cheap places once you've had the options...
My wife had it done about 3 years ago. She wears glasses to drive again now.