Groundbound
This CAA document
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/175/SRG_FCL_Gid35.PDF
seems to indicate that the FTROL is for life.
The document below indicates that I don't need to pass any of the ground exams but contradicts the above document in stating that a FTROL that has not been used for ten years requires both the practical and written exams to be passed again - this is a recent change to this document, added since I last checked. Again this directly contradicts what is stated on the licence itself.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/175/srg_fcl_gid33.pdf
I think it's time the CAA got it's act in order on this one and stopped restrospectively moving the goalposts. I don't mind doing the FTROL exam again if I have to but i would at least like them to give me a straight answer.
I can find nothing that indicates I will have to relinquish my UK licence for a JAA one.
Baldwinm