Bring me down from Darwin, HB! You know I love a new adventure...
Seriously, though - in order to do the FE job I carry insurance for PI and non-owned aircraft - costs me north of $20k per year. Although I empathise with the complaints about high test fees, I have to charge a fair penny to try and recoup that each year from flight tests...
The “old guard” clinging to CAAP Admin 1 have a great advantage at the moment, asking it even harder...