Originally Posted by
zondaracer
It should not take 6 months to get the FAA certificate. Most guys I know have completed the process in less than 2 weeks. He should get an FAA commercial certificate and then go to a regional that will pay for his ATP-CTP course, and will get him his ATP certificate. With his experience, he should be able to move on pretty quickly.
he doesn’t even need an FAA CPL, he can go straight to an atp so long as he has a valid ICAO CPL or ATP and the requisite flight time per part 61.