At least the French aknowledge the fact that Airline pilots with an ATPL should be given equivalent official degrees, in this case a degree between Bachelor and Master, or the equivalent of the former "'Licenciate" or 4 academic degree.
ATPL also is equivalent to Master in Spain by the way.
At the moment,min Belgium, a frozen ATPL is equivalent to Bachelor ('3 year degree), plans are to allow Full ATPL and Captain on Commercial aircraft a Master equivalent.
This is a fair comparison due to the constant studying, testing and improving required in the Profession.
And those "colleagues" that are against this...get a life and learn to support your profession
I have done 4 years of Maritime Academy ( Master in Nautical Sciences) but I can honestly say that I Have never had to study as much as for the 14 ATPL subjects and thereafter the ( paid by airline) Typerating...