Standards??
Wages are low in GA because PILOTS have made it so, by trying to undercut their "mates" and get the work.
PILOTS can fix it.
And if you boast about flying a "clapped out" 210 you are a fool. You should not be flying it if it is "clapped out". This is nothing to boast about.
If you set low standards for yourself you are doing the profession and the industry and yourself a dis service.