"Ah", they said to the expat. FO, "You don't have a degree", "No", said the FO, "But I have an ATPL and I am a professional pilot".
"Ah so sorry, but pilot is not a profession, Lee Kwan Yoo has declared that pilot job is artisan, so sorry, you cannot marry".
Folks,
Pretty much what an Australian court found, many years ago, but nevertheless the last time, that I can recall, when pilots as "professionals" was adjudicated.
It was the old Arbitration Court, back in the days of the "basic wage". Part of the issue was whether a pilot was a "professional" for the purposes of the then legislation.
The court's answer was a unanimous NO, and the correct remuneration for a pilot was decreed to be the basic wage for a "first class fitter", ( an artisan in the terms of old union official --- and later town mayor, Lee Kwan Yu) plus a margin for skills.
Tootle pip!!