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After a long flight, I agree, make it easy on yourself, but th wind is not the only consideration. A landing into a setting sun after a long trip, or a poorly lit runway would cause me to chose the cross wind. I try to go out of my way to chose crosswind landings when fresh and at my home...

Migraine headaches do not have to be severe or frequent. Many are occasional and mild. What the FAA is concerned about are associated neurological or visual symptoms(aura). If you are having no neurological symptoms, headaches are not severe or frequent, forget about mentioning. Yes, most...

Trust your ophthalmologist on this one. Agree with him 100%. If you can't adjust, go with plan b. When I was young, my "good eye" was my 20/20 distant vision eye, when I was 45y/o, I started calling my near vision eye the"good eye". Depth perception is not affected beyond 3 ft for all practical...

Well, I guess if you're skinny, getting plenty of exercise, low cholesterol and blood pressure, then try the Dr Atkins diet. :(

Lose weight to ideal, not average weight;get an hour of exercise daily, Mediterranean diet, cut out red meat, get cholesterol under 150, get blood pressure under 120. This advise is good regardless of any test you do provided you have no symptoms. This advice is good even if your tests you are...

NTG is a specific diagnosis that requires treatment. It is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning a lot of other possible causes need to be ruled out. I am surprised that a neuro ophthalmologist or glaucoma specialist would give you that diagnosis without treating it. The treatment is just like any...

Agree you need to see an ophthalmologist, either neuro or glaucoma specialist. Low tension glaucoma seldom or never occurs in one eye. It's a bilateral disease, maybe worse in one eye, but never in one eye. Something else is going on for sure, hopefully only in the "bad" eye.,

You got a good doc, add a little exercise, watch the red meats and cheese, keep the weight off and you're good to go. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The good news is this does not sound like an ocular migraine to me, the bad news is this doesn't sound like an ocular migraine to me and not sure what you experienced. I agree it might be best to let it go past the 3 yr period unless it occurs again and see a neuro-ophthalmologist for the work...

8 diopters of exophoria could very well be congenital, but seldom related to "eye pathology". Some patients tolerate this amount of exophoria without symptoms, others might have symptoms only when tired or in low light situations(night IFR). The amount of fusion reserve and how long this...

Most color blindness are genetic, but there are acquired(non heredity) color blind deficiencies as well, doubt if the FAA would drop the requirement. Not sure if basic med requires the applicant to undergo routine color vision checks.

As the previous response stated, find the other acceptable plates and see if you can pass. They should not be administered under artificial light, but in broad daylight in order to be accurate. He is also correct in that many of the plates fade over time and the AME never bothers to update them...