You won't get an ATPL. You'll get an Oz CPL + Oz ATPL exams (if you choose) + Oz Command Instrument Rating (if you choose). In the Oz system the equivalent of the 'integrated' route is the 150 hr (minimum flight training time) commercial course.
To obtain an Oz ATPL you would then need to accrue 1500 hrs flight time, ~100hrs night (command/P1 not dual/PUT, I think. Can't remember) plus various other experience requirements within that total time. You will have to have a current command IR to apply for the ATPL so quite a few people wait 'til they're nearer the ATPL min. experience requirements before training for their IR. Also in Oz, unlike the JAA system, ATPL exams can't substitute for the CPL exams. You have to do the CPL ones (for the CPL) + the ATPL ones (for the ATPL).
How to get to 1500 hrs becomes the problem. Instructing & working in the outback are the common ways.
Don't forget that only the licence you currently hold is what is recognised when you decide to convert to the JAA licence - not any exams you've done as a prerequisite for the issue of some other licence. So no use doing the Oz ATPL exams if you're not able to hang around long enough to get the Oz ATPL issued.
You could do the JAA CPL exam to convert to the JAA CPL but then you'd still have to do the JAA ATPL exams at some point. You may as well do the JAA ATPL exams which will credit you for the CPL exams too. I think the JAA ATPL exams also cover the IR exams? Not sure about that one.
You'll still have to do the JAA flight tests no matter which way you choose.
Last edited by Tinstaafl; 5th Oct 2008 at 02:10.