Aviation Vision and the Optometrist

Abstract

With new Federal legislation requiring the pilot to identify himself or herself as a pilot to the examining optometrist, it is important for the optometrist to have some knowledge of the flight environment.
Basic optometric techniques such as visual acuity measurements, depth per­ception, colour vision, etc. are dis­cussed and related to the working world of the aviator.
Future cockpit designs and their affects relative to the visual systems are also discussed.