it's all very well saying you haven't got a fATPL but what do you say if they ask you what you was doing for the last year or so?
i don't know if I am right because i haven't got any positive replies from jobs yet but i put down that I do have a fATPL but from that, i can bring many different skills which i had to prove to have in order to get the license.
i can't really think of anything else that would tell them something positive for having an 18 month blank on my cv.