As much as there is trolls out there, I hate to think there may be a legitimate student desperate to make the break into the industry who has written this post.
I agree with all that’s been said. Don’t do it.
If you’re flying and working, you deserve to be paid. If an operator works you flying or otherwise, and doesn’t pay you they need to be held accountable and are simply a bunch of crooks.
They’re getting paid by whoever you’re flying. If they can’t afford to pay wages they should fly their flights themselves or call it quits, pandemic or not. The worst part is that it’s happening and some operators are using COVID as an excuse to undercut and work their pilots harder and paying them less.
Things will pick up again. There’s nothing wrong with learning a trade. Or finding another job for a few years.