PDR
Has it escaped you that this is the Terms and Endearment section for professional pilots?
Just curious old chap why you see fit to lecture those you clearly see as inferior. When I have more time I might post my thoughts seeing as I started my CPL NAV studies immediately after sitting the theory for an MSc which I completed two years later.
Incidentally where I used to work both my line managers had completed Doctorates having started their careers as apprentices. Both were very down to earth chaps and not the slightest bit up their own bottoms. Just saying!