I'm sure DB6 is correct that an old 'QFI' (yes, I know, some don't like that term) who last passed a test in Dec 99 would only have an old 25 month life.
However, I'm confused by the rvr800 statement:
"I think I have CAA AFI priviledges and a JAA FI (unresticted)".
Obviously RVR800 is confused, but assuming this means that RVR800 was an AFi in Dec 99, doesn't it matter when he/she was 'upgraded' to UNrestricted? Surely if RVR800 was still restricted a year later, and 'promoted' only recently, didn't the instructor privileges actually expire after a year under the old AFI validity period, and in fact rvr800 hasn't been an instructor all year??