Originally Posted by
JustPlainCountry
Then is there a difference betweeen a Airline Transport Pilot License and a Airline Transport Pilot Certificate? I have seen both of them used and I wasnt sure if they were talking about two different items or they were just using the wrong word.
They are the same thing. For whatever reason, in the US it is referred to as a "certificate" by the FAA. Most of the rest of the planet uses the word "license". That's why on an international forum like this, it's common to see it abbreviated ATPL. But the difference is just semantics, it's all the same thing.