Cymro

I was rejected by the Air Force yesterday after my medical examination, not due to the drugs in my system, not due to being out of shape or unfit, but because of something i can't help. My eye perscription is over the max by a tiny amount, and so I'm having to persue laser surgery to correct this. And the worst thing is, I'm not even trying to enter as a fucking pilot, so my job wouldn't depend on whether or not i need glasses/contacts. Want to know why my prescription is too high? They don’t make gas masks with prescriptions as high as mine, and personally, I’d rather take the risk of dying from the unlikely event of an Air force base coming under attack from NBC warfare than to not get in at all. This has seriously pissed me off. Do you know how much this will cost me? 1000-2000 fucking quid!

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Stag

That sucks...what is your prescription? Is it that bad, I know in the US your good up to 20/75 or something like that, but it has to be correctable to 20/20.

Can you appeal, retest or something like that?

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Brikar

Laaaaame.

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Bean

Thta's fucking retarded. Of course, I can see the benefits of being able to see while wearing a gas mask...

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Cymro

The maximum perscription allowed is +6.00 on both eyes, and my left is +6.50, with the right being +7.25. The only profession in the RAF where you can't wear glasses is a fast jet pilot.

Although seeing while wearing the gas smask is ok and all, I really can't see Air Force Engineers needing to use them that much. Besides, my contacts are +6 on both eyes and I can't tell the difference.

Curse this freakishly poor vision of mine....

EDIT: I think I'm gonna get them zapped.

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

Bean

Isn't laser eye surgery rather expensive?

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Cymro

Isn't it worth it if it means I can do what I want with my life?

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

Daxie

Are you already in the military, trying to get a better posting? If so, won't the military pay for at least part of the cost?

If you're not in the service, what about your insurance at work? Will they cover any of it?

Something to investigate before you plunk down that kind of cash.

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Cymro

If it was just the Air Force, I could try the other forces, but the doctor said I can't get into anything. The guy who debreifed me afterwards said corrective surgery might be an option, because I really do want to get in that badly. My parents and Grandparents are willing to help me out, and within 2 months of joining I will have more than enough money to pay them back. The living expenses in the military are next to nothing, so when I'm in, almost all the money I make will be all for me.

This kind of deal does not exist in a country with public healthcare.

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

Arik

Just don't get Luke Skywalker to do it (vague Family Guy reference there).

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