Daifly
Clearly, I have mis-understood the sentiments of you post and if I have offended, my apologies.
True we do need die hard Ops bods in this business, on the other hand I have had many a fine Ops officer make the transition to aircrew but while they were in Ops were/are excellent and dedicated to the job.
However, we also need wannabe Ops bods to understand that they need to get as much training in flight ops subjects as they can before and while in this industry, City and Guild, FAA dispatch etc. We work in a technical environment and it will increase your chances of a job if you make the effort.