Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Is seems very odd to me that someone clever enough to pass an ATPL course and the British Airways pilot assessment process
I don't know about the BA assessment process, but an ATPL is a fairly middling achievement - below the standard required of, for example, a nurse, paramedic or physiotherapist and about level with an osteopath.
If you look at the census statistics that puts an ATPL holder somewhere in the bottom 50%-65% of the over-16 English population, i.e. just above average.