Originally Posted by
sonicbum
So You mean I can be a lawyer during my days off ?
'Days off' ? You're 68, hope your not still working for a living. i especially hope you're still not flying people around in aeroplanes.
I looked at this thread and thought "Nah, it's not worth getting involved". But then the crass stupidity of some of the ideas posted changed my mind a bit.
I've a degree in aero engineering. I did it because I thought it might help in my flying career. It has to some extent, but only a bit. It
did help me get a place on a sponsored ATPL cadet course (remember those ?). However the only exam I failed was the initial aeronautics exam. I was trying to be too clever with half remembered equations, and simple multi choice answers. I had to simplify my way of thinking before the resit. Since then, over a career of a few decades, I've hardly ever had to use any of the specialist knowledge from the degree course.
To argue that the level of knowledge required to pass an ATPL exam is equivalent to that required to pass a UK degree course is either misguided, wrong, or just stupid .. depending on your level of diplomacy.