| Hi Conor,
A non active DM can take the AI course, I know as I started it, although PADI fees cannot be allowed to lapse. One word of advice though - Ensure that the staff instructor doing the course has renewed his IDC credentials with PADI - Mine hadn't and buggered off whilst I was on holiday, subsequently all the stuff I'd done counted for nothing.
I was doing the AI as I hadn't done much work with students previously and saw AI as a good opportunity to get my "people" skills up to scratch (so to speak) If you are doing DM with an active group go straight on to do the IDC/IE instead.
HTH
Noel.
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