Don’t sell yourself short. Make sure your employer provides all meals and accommodation. It is unreasonable to expect actual cash.
Insist on a hot evening meal. Cold meat and salad is the industry standard lunch. Don’t be greedy and ask for Coco Pops for breakfast! Fresh bread and milk ever second day is expectable.
Do yourself a favour and make yourself useful in the hangar between jobs. You don’t expect to be fed for just a couple of flying hour per day do you?
As a rule of thumb, if you gain weight during your employ you have not been pulling your weight.
$100.00/h or $325.00/day Dreaming!!