Agree with you 100% Gaunty,
... but if I were interviewing someone who didn't have an engineering degree and who hadn't done his ATPLs and could explain jet engines as close as Scotty did, I'd be pretty impressed.
I also agree with your last sentence, the way I feel about my TECHs at the moment a career in aviation seems miles away!!!
PS Give me a break - I'm an ex arts student!