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To be completely honest, the scope of work is limited. The initial years are going to be difficult because of how few law firms focus on this matter. However, aviation is a growing sector with India poised to be a huge market for aviation in the future. This should allow you to thrive in the long run, when you have established yourself. But yeah, the short term does stink.
Will not recommend this field. The options are limited.
Occassionally, you'll get interesting client queries on use of drones in random settings, or using satellites for geo surveillance. But most of the time you'll be stuck with aircraft DDR. Doing DD of aircrafts is just as mind numbing as DD in any other field.
I initially thought I'd build some familiarity with sectoral laws like DGCA Civil Aviation Requirements. However, because it's a such a niche and technical field, all regulatory work seems to be handled one on one between DGCA/BCAS and the client, with little role for external lawyer. Only time I learn some sectoral laws is when I fill non billable questionnaires from aviation law firm networks that my firm is a part of.
SpaviaTech is the new.
Sarin & Co. has good aviation work.
If you struggle to find out much about the practice area, the scope is probably restricted. If you do really enjoy aviation, its a great hobby to pursue on its own.
Such sectors are not meant for practice but teaching and studying for officials and the likes
This is definitely not a field with enough scope to focus on to run your practice only doing this.
You're better off doing general corp with this as an added button on your belt or if you want the really fun aircraft deals going into defence acquisition.