B.G.
Surely you are joking, I am about to start instructing again on my days off from airline flying, are you saying that I shouldn't do this as it may be depriving someone lower down the chain!!
Well my answer is 'TOUGH', welcome to the real world. If you want the job do exactly as has been suggested, visit the drop zones, make some contacts and go from there.
Your comments that the job should be left for someone so they can get experience to join an airline is the exact reason that some small operators would prefer someone already with an airline job, they don't want to train someone for them to jump ship as soon as possible.