You may want to check on the company's official and unofficial policy of hiring employees from other departments as pilots. I once worked in the recruiting department at a now defunct airline and the word from the head office was dont hire them unless told to do so. I disagreed with this policy, but they didnt want people working there who where only doing it to become pilots. They also found it hard to hire front line employees because of the low pay, but had no problem finding pilot applicants. So if they got some one to be a ramper for example it was harder to replace him vs. finding people to interview as pilots. Its messed up I know but that is what "they" wanted.