Hi there,
Bumping this old thread because I'm interested in the same thing.
I'm rated in ATR with +500h in type and +1500h total time, currently flying for an airline in a ICAO country with a CPL license. Here it's not possible to get the local ATPL until I got my upgrade to left hand seat, that is several years away, thus I would like to convert my high-experience CPL license into the EASA ATPL.
Basically I want to know which one of the following is the way to proceed:
* Take the 14 ATPL exams plus a sim check of my type (ATR).
* Take an ATPL theory course, the 14 exams, convert the CPL+IR+ME, and then add the TR by doing a sim check.
In addition, it might be possible for me to take the local ATP theory exam. Do you think it changes anything considering that there it means nothing, unlike the frozen-ATP in EASA countries, that exam here it's just one of the many requirements for the final ATP license.
Thank you!