leveler77,
1. Yes most GA bosses (I've worked for or know) are pricks. But that's not really the point. Most of them are taking advantage of the pilot surplus, and making savings where there shouldn't be savings to be made. Whether this is to line their own pockets or enable them to pay for maintenance, to survive in this tough industry doesn't really matter. People like yourself leveler77, are happy to tell pilots if they don't like it, then leave. Shouldn't the same go for the "struggling" operators. If they can't survive without taking these shortcuts then p!ss off!
2. No I haven't. However most GA bosses (again I'm speaking of the ones I know) haven't run any other business either, and that's the problem. In no other industry would these abysmal conditions be tolerated, and I would happy to wager that most of these so-called businesspeople would survive in the real world.
grrowler