The recruiters can pick up if you have the passion, interest and aptitude.
Anyway for Ab.Ini stage they don't expect you to have deep knowledge of aviation.
Just be confident,humble, respectful and bone up on the fleet and general knowledge.
Also these days they want to see good proficiency in English.
With regards to if a PPL is advantageous? no, they prefer to groom you from zero hrs anyway, as flying training can be very hit and miss and cannot be vetted.
Thanks for your reply. I noticed that on their cadet programme web page, their selection process includes 'compass aptitude' and 'flight planning'. Do you know if they expect ab-intio who will obviously have no experience to be able to complete this? Because by sounds of it, the selection process seems to be targeting those who have learnt these skills before.
I have been studying their company so that should be alright and as will the English test. I'm just quite worried that the exercises are tailored to the more experienced despite saying they accept people with no experience.