Basically I wear glasses, its a pretty weak prescription so its no biggey if maniac reaches over and breaks them inflight. I was wondering though if contact lenses are suitable or flying? I would also tend to think that future passengers would feel more comfortable with a pilot with a more natural vision look. Mostly my question is about the phisics of the things, you know I want to make sure they wont like eject at low preasure.

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Airline pilots get fired for that mentality.

(I know we're refering to small planes here, just thought I;d throw that in)

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Don't worry about what the passengers think, just get them there safely make your airliner a lot of money. 

Actually I kind of want to get contacts so I can wear sunglasses. As for falling off, I went through like over 10 years of boy scouts adventures and I became quite adept at keeping my glasses on my head. I think I did leave them behind for white water rafting though, I didnt want to loose them in the falls.

I wear glasses and prescription sunglasses for flying and I don't really think there would be much of a difference. 

The only thing with contacts is that your eyes dry out quite easily and that can cause your contact to flop out and if you loose it in flight, it could get "interesting".  Also, if you plan on pulling high g's you would be better off with glasses, because contacts tend to slip down your eyes if you don't blink for a bit and if you pull a couple of g's it could pull them out of focus until you were able to re-adjust them.

However, it is mostly personal opinion.  I did wear contacts for a few years and I still get a few pairs every year for swimming and skiing and other things that I wouldn't be able to wear my glasses while doing (I can't see anything without them) so because I am too lazy to put contacts in and take them out everyday,  I would say spend the money and get prescription sunglasses, but ultimately it is your choice.