Originally Posted by
slowjet
Someone made the rather good point that the dumbed down ATPL's of today have matched the dumbed down degrees of today. So, they are equivalent.
Falacious reasoning. That's like saying that if 10 is dumbed down to 8 and 5 is dumbed down to 4 it makes 8=4.
The very taxing ATPL's of the 1970's were, I suggest, pretty close to, say, a BA in Politics, Economics & Philosophy from Loughborough. Equal standards have been maintained albeit downwards.
Really? Which part of the ATPL syllabus included the requirement to do original research? That's a mandatory element of even a basic (non-honours) degree.
At the risk of labouring a point - there are *no* UK recognised degrees in any subject which can be obtained by just multiple-choice exams.