Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
You can add single engine land to your pilot certificate, but you don't need to add it at the ATP level, if you don't want to. You can test to the private pilot level and receive private pilot privileges on your pilot certificate, for single engine. It's up to you.
Testing at the ATP level is neither easier nor less expensive.
Actually, it could be easier, especially for a simple single engine airplane that doesn't have all that much in the way of "performance charts". The emphasis of ATP checks is different, but many of the standards while flying aren't really different or harder. Isn't only a 180 degree turn required for "steep turns"?