some are owed months of wages, more fool them you may say. But these guys including myself wanted to help students to acheive their goal !
I may have been naive in the past, being such bleeding heart, but when it comes to work and being paid, ehm. Surely, if instructing for free in small club as fun, OK. But if you don't get paid but the schools is getting cash from students for lessons you fly with them..
Yes, I've been screwed over too. Unpaid shift here or there when leaving work and 'records get lost' etc. Only worth making a point in Small claims court at one's expense (time, hassle, appl fee if not proven).
I'm still 'in training', but 'calling it a day', backing up clock-in cards etc and waving goodbye until paid or lawfully claimed is a way to go.