It started way back even before the Dawkins era of nearly 25 years ago
Worthless parasites who were members of the right group needed employment with a nice title and nice wage so the idea came in (actually this had been pushed for years before) where a "degree" was important for everything even pulling a beer
Canberra is the physical and emotional center of this group of s**t
FSA was their first score with aviation where they turned ASD into something that is not even useful for toilet paper and they are using FSA to bring forward the idea that they have some value as people (rather than being only useful if put in a pet food can) by encouraging their mates in the "education industry" in the hope of becoming a "professor", "senior lecturer", "consultant" etc etc
Back in the days when matric physics was equivalent to 2nd year uni physics today someone with a degree in hard science would expect to pass all 5 CPL exams with a couple of weeks self study. No need for a "professor of aviation studies"