The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to have a relook on amendments made in the Aircraft Rules which bar pilots aged 65 years and above from flying private aircraft for non-commercial purposes. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought for proper examination of the issue.

The court's decision came on a petition of some retired pilots who had airline transport pilot licences of Indian Air Force. Petitioners have challenged the amendments made in the Aircraft Rules, 1937. The amendments in the Act barred pilots, who have attained the age of 65 years or more, from flying private aircrafts for non-commercial purposes.