Hi Cyril,
Thanks for the info.
Section L is for issue of CPL with IR . Would it still apply to me as I already hold a cpl? Also it states that the required instrument hours are 50? And not 40 (with maximum on sim being 20 hours) ?
Even the application form for IR does not state anything about the 5 year rule - http://dgca.nic.in/forms/crew-d/ir_a.PDF
But as you said there is always a grey area with the DGCA 😩.
As to why I hadn't got my instrument rating -
I was doing my recency flying in Feb 2012 when the Dgca came out with the rule - making check flights mandatory in India for conversion(which left me with hardly a month to complete everything) . So in my hurry to get back and apply before the new rules came into affect i.e April 2012, I was not able to do the IR check over there. Alas the Dgca took more than 9 months to issue my license 😐 and the IR was left pending.
As I am from Chennai, will anyone in the regional office be able to help with this?
Also how do you go about filing an RTI with the Dgca ?
Thanks again 😊