How would pilots like it if people started claiming they "had the equivalent of an ATPL, 2 type ratings and 20,000 hours because they have a degree in aeronautical engineering"?
As I have said - seek respect for what your profession is, not for what it demosntrably isn't. The one with the snobbery are those who feel they must lay claim to "degree equivalence" because they feel being a professional pilot is to demeaning (which I don't agree, as I have made clear repeatedly in this thread).