Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers
by saagarjha on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:24PM
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I assume plenty of people will be happy to go through LASIK for that
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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers
by ryandrake on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:45PM
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As far as I recall, in the Aviation world, LASIK is still a major gamble. If you're a pilot or ATC and come out of LASIK surgery with any weird surgery-induced vision abnormalities like "halos" or "starbursts", you're out, permanently.
Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers
by sgarland on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:44AM
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Which is why when I got mine done around 2015, Navy pilots were still required to get PRK. Much more painful and longer recovery, but the risk of defects was lower. I heard they can now get LASIK; presumably advances have been made since then.