pappy j.
US atp easy? sure....its what you do with your certificate, not how easy it is to get.
I still get a kick out of all the stuff you have to go through to get the atp in different countries.
But after you write down your exams, pages and pages of written material...none of that makes you a pilot.
flying a plane makes you a pilot.
I think flying was conceived by the greeks...a certain fellow who flew too near the sun etc.