Getting a US License
It used to be study online for ATPL, do ATPL exam either in Frankfurt or USA FSDO. ( I did mine in Long Beach) get to the local sim provider, haul in an FAA check airman get type check, oral and ATPL specific bits done the check airman issues you with a temporary airman certificate and a few weeks later the card pitches up in the mail. However that was 1977, things may have changed.