They are out there
Yep. It's a sad state out ther in meatbomber world. I had a mate who used to fly for a redneck operator out of Darwin. They paid absolutely nothing for his efforts and he worked his arse off most weekends. While drop kick tandem master would brag about making $100 per load for his video skills, they never even paid him fuel money for the 190 kilometre round trip by car to the DZ and back. They operated an antique 182 that was usually found with two flat tyres and a flat battery upon arrival. They would jump start the plane for half the loads of the day off someone's car with paying tandem pax looking on in amazement through the six foot spear grass. A great example of just how bad it can get. Anyway, he stuck it out for a while, got some hours and I caught up with him over here in Brissy recently for his Virgin interview. Hopefully he's in that 5 percent of lucky ones who can look back and laugh.
Have fun guys
Gin.