I have no objection to having to pass a handful of relevant exams and even to do a 50 hour IR conversion if thats whats required to convert from my FAA Multi CPL IR; it's the 14 ATPL exams and the best part of a years study with mandatory groundschool that put's me off and I suspect many of the other Pilots on here also, not to mention the expensive and much more stringent class one medical, which I failed anyway!
Think I'll pack it all in and go back to flying model aeroplanes...