Has one or two posts from this thread been deleted today, only I thought I saw (a puddy cat) no a question relating to the Astreaus application requirement with regard to the need for a current IR. The context of the question was that if your IR was current and you were exercising the privileges regularly (Oh err) then the sim ride would be less problematic that it would be if you had an IR but were not current in IFR flight. The questioner was simply asking if that were the case then the Pprune scheme is not assisting the wannabe looking for his first RHS but more the wantmorebe i.e. the person already established on the lower rungs of commercial avaiation. . .In my defence I have no problems either way and if I hade the remaining 6 exams the CPL and the IR I’d be applying too. Ho Hum back to the studies. <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> . .I just thought that this was a valid question, and deserved and answer from Pprune or Astreaus. Good luck to all those that apply. DD