If you are a First Officer at IndiGo, Air India, Akasa Air, or SpiceJet approaching the 1500-hour mark, your ATPL is no longer a distant milestone. It is a paperwork problem. And in 2026, that paperwork problem changed shape. DGCA introduced an Auto-Profile Update system that reads the flying-hour data already held in eGCA and compares it against the regulatory thresholds for an Airline Transport Pilot Licence. When the numbers line up, the system recognises your eligibility
