Simples: my impression is from reading aviation job sites there's a constant shortage of competent ops staff, i.e. dispatcher. I frequently see ads with companies looking. I could imagine that job quite hectic at times but not necessarily well paid so hard to attract well-educated folk doing a promising, reliable job. So to fill that position with a kid holding a fATPL, desperate and willing enough to do just about anything while receiving only little pay, and not having to worry to recruit someone else for 18 month, only to give him/her an in-house rating at the end of it, which will be, let's face it, of little expense to the company, is a pretty smart move.