As a student pilot myself seeing these sorts of things makes me doubt what i'm doing to some degree. Luckily though being a pilot is one of the only things i think i'll be truly happy doing for the moment and i think thats what keeps a lot of us in this gig.
As bad as the pay may get or be reported as i still hear there are a lot of good opportunities out there for those of us willing to take the chance and i'd like to think that i won't regret taking the chance!