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CASA releases new uniquely Australian CVD pilot assessment policy?? -

Via Su_Spence online media page:

New colour vision testing policy finalised

Type - News
Date - 20 June 2024

We have finalised the new testing policy for pilots with colour vision deficiency.



Pilots can now book an Australian Operational Colour Vision Assessment (AOCVA) with certified flight examiners.

If a pilot passes the AOCVA, they will be issued with a Class 1 or Class 2 medical certificate with no restrictions.

‘We would like to thank and acknowledge the efforts of our stakeholders who have worked with us to find a pragmatic solution,’ says Andreas Marcelja, Executive Manager of Stakeholder and Engagement Division at CASA.

‘We believe that our revised policy ensures we address safety risks, while providing flexibility and certainty for colour vision deficient pilots.’

We would like to recognise and thank the Aviation medicine colour vision deficiency technical working group and the aviation community for their support to ensure the new policy is fit for purpose and provides change for affected pilots.

For more information, visit our Colour vision assessment for medical certificates webpage.

Plus via Oz Flying...

CASA Green-lights Colour Vision Assessments

21 June 2024


The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) yesterday announced that pilots who were able to pass the Australian Operational Colour Vision Assessment (AOCVA) would be issued Class 1 and 2 medicals without restrictions.


The policy has been formalised after years of lobbying from politicians and advocacy groups, particularly the Colour Vision Defective Pilots Association (CVDPA) and its director Arthur Pape.

in 2014, CASA sent a letter to pilots stating that colour-vision deficiency could make them unsafe, and the following year continued to demand a Colour Assessment and Diagnosis (CAD) test, which the CVDPA contended was inappropriate for operational situations.

CASA since established an Aviation Medicine Colour Vision technical working group, which reached unanimous agreement with the new policy last month.

"We would like to thank and acknowledge the efforts of our stakeholders who have worked with us to find a pragmatic solution,’ says Andreas Marcelja, Executive Manager of Stakeholder and Engagement Division at CASA.

"We believe that our revised policy ensures we address safety risks, while providing flexibility and certainty for colour vision deficient pilots."

The new policy adds to a raft of tests available to pilots with colour-vision deficiency, including Ishihara and Farnsworth Lantern tests.

More information is available on the CASA website.

Hmm...wonder how long it will take the bureaucratic medical zealots at AVMAD to start unwinding this version of the OCVA?? - 

MTF...P2 

PS: Strange that there is no mention on any of Fort Fumble's social media pages of this grand announcement -