It is very easy to spot, just from conversation alone, whether someone has a degree or not. It is the whole experience of University which counts and will always give you an edge in any aspect of life
What a crock, obviously spoken by someone with very little knowledge of the world around them. My experience in life comes from spending 15 years in the RAF, in the real world. It comes from being in situations that change your life, for example the Gulf War and Bosnia. It comes from putting everything on the line when you have a family and children in order to persue a goal in life, that of becoming an airline pilot.
University may give you a qualification but will NOT give you an edge in every aspect of life.
This is the kind of upper class snobbery that pervades British life and attempts to push many jobs out of the reach of poorer parts of society. Fortunatly at the moment you don't need a degree to become a pilot, indeed the integrated ATPL course is seen to be on a par with a degree anyway.
As I stated at the beginning of this thread you do not need a degree to become an airline pilot and I do not think it helps you in gaining that first job. That first job requires first time passes in IRT and Cpl skills tests (not all the time but generaly at the moment it helps), but more importantly it takes lots of luck and dedication.
Upper class snobbery about your position in life and that you are a better person because you have a degree will not ensure you a job, in fact it more likely to prevent you from getting one.
