Have not seen this above yet:
The trade skills of a professional pilot in the upcoming 40 years are not going to be based on engineering aptitude or formal technical education. As much as it is a bitter pill to swallow for many of us who did their little fragments of "hardware" science back in the day. For quite some time, that does not make one more appropriately qualified.
Some of that still is and will remain a core must, and as such is defined by the scope of ATPL syllabus and its pass rate limit.s If you have passed the degree, you possess the necessary intellect and mental capacity to pass the ATPLs too.