It's very obvious that you don't need much of an education to fly a plane. there's many of us out there flying heavy metal that didn't get anywhere near the end of secondary school, me being one of them (form 4). It's more to suit the boffins & Uni freaks that now do the interview process as am sure they use the higher education to weed out the ones that can think on their own two feet, & we can't have that now so what the Co's now need are robots/drones who do as they are told,no more!
I've always maintained that a commercial pilot is more a trade certificate holder than a professional one it's just a skill at the end of the day. One of the few who wear a white collar but don't need much in the way of formal education.
But having said all that if they (the hirer) want the fancy bit of paper & ya wanna be a pilot ya have no choice but to do it:-)
Wmk2