So what? Some people need that stuff in their life - mostly Engineers and I include all ranks of Engineers in that. As a Loggie I proposed a couple of well-calculated and accurate solutions to what were engineering problems. Dismissed out of hand from Sgt to Wg Cdr level - largely because I didn't have any engineering quals and they didn't want to hear it from outside Eng Wg.
It would appear that the framed McDonald's 5 star crew member certificate on my office wall was not sufficient.