This debate all seems intriguing. I, for one, would like to thank Desi Pilot for posting his letter from the CAA. I am also glad the CAA has relaxed it's stringent requirements and grandfathered us existing instructors into it's domain. It does make me feel better that they have shown some faith in the current FTO's and the U.S. instructors. However, I do have some further questions that someone on this thread could possibly answer. 1)This letter seems to be directed to approved FTO's, not registered FTO's, and to my knowledge there are only two in the U.S. Am I reading this correctly? 2)What is the difference between a registered and approved FTO? 3)Will I be grandfathered in and be able to instruct at an approved FTO, being that the FTO I currently instruct at is going out of business? 4)The most important question of all: Does anyone know of any approved JAA schools hiring grandfather instructors? Thank you in advance, any help will be greatly appreciated.