Personally I don't give a rats. When asked what I do for a living - "I fix planes"
But a pilot wont answer - "I fly planes" - it is "I am a pilot".
It is a job guys and one can not do without the other, so stop waving the willy of I'm better/more educated or passed harder tests than you stuff.
Because with little help from CAsA in maintenance and flying, Australia holds a pretty good standard when stacked up with the rest of the World.
But our design staff probably have too many CAsA regulations to be as efficient as they could be, and sadly a few seem to have education that could be better used away from aviation in my view, for the safety of others.