The Administriation Fedral Aviation (FAA) has a brochure about the safety of the use of sunglasses by the pilots in their planes. The brochure is titled: “Sunglasses for Pilots:. Beyond the Image” in the PDF brochure of the FAA notes that “a pilot eyes are their most important asset sensory,” and that protecting them is a great priority.

The FAA even commissioned a study to determine whether the use, or lack of use of appropriate sunglasses had relation to incidents or accidents. For the time period studied, from 1980 to 1988, the FAA identied six incidents and accidents were directly related to the misuse of research sunglasses.

Further the FAA determined that polarized sunglasses lenses were unsuitable for use due to the fact piltos they sparkle away from glass or metal objects removed. In addition, deformation of the current glass cockpit technology, polarized sunglasses, or even completely block view of Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) found in most modern aircraft.

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John White is an ATP pilot who sold his business in 2004 and is now an Internet Publisher. His interests in aviation continue to increase through his blog, and various aviation-related websites on the internet.

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