Aviation is an incestuous business and everybody knows everybody. The kid I went to school with 2 years ago got me my job today. I don't see anything wrong with that. Some people call it networking, others call it nepotism or favoritism, but in the long run...it's someone standing up for the aviation skill and determination you were trying to use to get hired in the first place. Think of the people that help you out like a billboard. You don't just open a store and hope people will come in because you worked hard to open it. You get an advertising company to put up a billboard saying "Hey, go here" and advertise that you exist. Same thing when that buddy/brother/cousin/father/uncle/neighbor of yours who also happens to be a captain at XXX Airways walks your resume in.