It certainly doesn't hurt to move laterally within a company (aside from Avantair), but you do have to be careful not to step on toes (which you probably would) if you get moved into the cockpit with significantly fewer hours than the thousand guys who also want the job. A company also has to be mindful of nepotism.....hiring a lesser or unqualified person into the cockpit because they have a dad or uncle, etc working in the management arena. This would **** off a LOT of pilots and cause problems between management and pilots.