Didn't think that there was a test for JAA ATPL. So not sure what Billiebob is on about.
Billiebob is 'on about' the ATPL Skill Test that must be passed before a JAA ATPL is issued.
JAR–FCL 1.295 Skill
(a) An applicant for an ATPL(A) shall have demonstrated the ability to perform, as pilot-in-command of an aeroplane type certificated for a minimum crew of two pilots under IFR (see Appendix 1 to JAR-FCL 1.220 part B), the procedures and manoeuvres described in Appendices 1 and 2 to JAR–FCL 1.240 and 1.295 with a degree of competency appropriate to the privileges granted to the holder of an ATPL(A).
(b) The ATPL(A) skill test may serve at the same time as a skill test for the issue of the licence and a proficiency check for the revalidation of the type rating for the aeroplane used in the test and may be combined with the skill test for the issue of a multi-pilot type rating.
It would appear that -273 and Send Clowns have been talking through an orifice other than that beneath their respective noses.