I understand your reasoning about the importance of a bachelor's degree and its direct consequence with labor negotiations and the respect between management and the pilot's union. I also support that pilots should attempt to obtain a college education. However, your disrespect towards these pilots who do not meet your "standards" is reprehensible. You do not know who these pilots are and do not know their backstories. Maybe one of these pilots could not afford a hybrid degree with flight training and they had to choose between attending a university or enrolling in a flight school. Maybe one of these pilots decided that they wanted to obtain their flight certificates only. Whatever the reason may be, by saying,"I have no patience for someone without at least a bachelor's degree asking to be one of my peers. To be blunt, those folks haven't earned the proper credentials to be called a professional." is disparaging. You or any other person can fight me on this until the end of time, however, the truth is that a bachelor's degree has no direct effect on the flying skills of a pilot. They may have more knowledge on specific areas and topics of aviation (suspecting that this person's degree was in aviation), but the fact is that a degree cannot make a person a better aviator. Only experience in the cockpit can truly do that. Even obtaining your flight training from a university like Embry Riddle does not make you a better pilot. I have flown with pilots from the "big" aviation universities and the pilot mill flight schools and I do not even recognize the difference. Each pilot has their own unique set of strengths and weaknesses, whether they obtained the bachelor's degree or not.

In the future, respect all of your fellow pilots and people in general. Also, do not worry, I'm sure Bill Gates is not 100% hurt by the fact that you do not think that he has the proper credentials to be called a professional.