Yes, all three interviews were with airlines.
As a pilot?
the ATPL training and a further knowledge past that
Well the ATPLs are useless, you barely use anything from them in practice so another pointless reason. What else do you learn? Airline management? Text book airline economics? Very light aeronautical engineering? Starting to sound like a jack of all trades to me. I am not trying to be rude so forgive me, but to me it just seems like a degree for the sake of it.
That would mean that anyone who has done one of these degree course would have done exactly the same as anyone who hasn't, plus a lot more.
It wouldn't on both accounts I am afraid. And alot more what? Someone who has done medieval basket weaving has done 'alot more' something. To me it proves nothing and wastes a valuable year that could have been used earning - that year at the end of our careers could be worth £100K in todays money.
As always it's horses for courses.