Pitts,
Thats all Canadian stuff, not FAA..
When I did my ATP's, if you had an ATPL you could get an FAA ATP by walking in to the local FSDO(with your written results), and get one issued on the spot. BUT if you wanted IFR priviliges, then you had to fly a checkride (a friend of mine has a DC10 VFR ONLY on his FAA ATP..).
Alot more reasonable than the crap you have to contend with to go from FAA to JAA