BEagle
If you cannot be more precise with your terms, then I suggest that you take some time out to learn the correct meanings and definitions.
Couldn't agree more, but the problem is that a number of the commonly used terms have no official status - QFI is as you point out one of the regulars, but also there is no such thing as an FI(R). When you pass your FI test you are awarded a Flight Instructor (Aeroplanes) rating. You are therefore an FI(A). Lots of people talk about "the FI(R) course" but there is no such thing.
And while it may be correct to say you're either an FI, an AFI or a restricted FI, my original point was that Schedule 8 provides for
(1) supervision of AFIs by holders of UK Flying Instructor's ratings (who I've never heard called "FIs" by the way), and
(2) rather less stringent supervision of restricted JAA FI(A) rating holders by unrestricted JAA FI(A)s. But there are no provisions in Schedule 8 for the supervision of restricted FI(A)s by UK FI holders - nor for that matter supervision of AFIs by JAA FI(A)s.
Pedant, moi? Perhaps. But there are a lot of supervising instructors around with UK ratings, while probably most restricted instructors nowadays are JAA rating holders. Strictly speaking the regs have no provision for these circumstances - unless you're telling me that "Flying instructor's rating" and "Flight instructor rating (aeroplane)" are the same thing.