Uh? How much say do you think most airlines have in selecting recruits for the FTOs?
Absolutely not - but that was not what I said. They are responsible for a system which has the FTOs where they are in the scheme of things and have all these wannabes being turned out with little responsibility falling on the airlines.
The FTOs and the airlines go hand in hand and the systems works for both of them, the FTOs have all the trainees coming in and the airlines take their pick with no little cost to them. Free pilots who have forked out a fortune to pay for the opportunity for an interview with no guarantee of a job.
In other areas this would be described as a scam.