The key is to bargain for your pay - don't just accept whatever a school offers - ask for more. They can only say no. If every new instructor did this one thing we would all be earning more in time... and I think we deserve it too! Skies are becoming more crowded, weather is less predictable, people learning to fly are not always yer sensible upper class brigade anymore, commercial pressures are higher due to the impending reccession etc... We deserve more money IMHO.
VFE.