Like someone said earlier, who cares?
I have a surveying degree which I have never used and an ATPL that I use daily.
Degrees come in all shapes and sizes. Since the polytechnics were allowed university status we have seen some crazy degree courses that really are nonsense. Child care is one that makes me laugh as a friend I know is doing this course and only having to complete barely 2 days per week at uni. Take into account the holidays and this could easily be done in 12 months full time.
I have never seen my ATPL as equivalent to another qualification as it doesn't change the price of fish. Who cares.
Is it that some people want as many letters from the alphabet after their name? If this is the case they probably won't be very good pilots!