This is degenerating into hogwash. No ATPL was *ever* equal to any degree then or now because there is no requirement for an ATPL to undertake original research (a mandatory element of all degrees). You assert that your pilot qualification (as awarded by Pontious himself, no doubt) must be superior to any degree ever awarded - how on earth would you know that? Have you actually taken all of those courses? Of course you haven't. You just have almost psychotic levels of arrogance and hubris.
The repeated, and embarrassingly silly, reports of how graduates have exhibited shortcomings as pilots are utterly irrelevant. It's like saying "I once saw an ATPL who couldn't clear the roots that were blocking his sewer, so therefoer all pilots must be inferior to drain cleaners".
Flying is not a degree, but can be a profession. That is patently obvious and is acknowledged by many/most of the professional pilots (both those with degrees and those without). But what we are seeing here is the massive inferiority complex of that small proportion of the ATPL population who firmly believe that they must be superior to everyone else in all respects.
If you ever DO formally organise yourselves as a profession I sincerely hope you set up processes to identify these poor souls and ensure they are weeded out of the profession to avoid further embarrassment.