Howzit Prospector,
I guess if the root cause of the problem, ie. the unscrupulous operator was eliminated from the system, then the first job for pilots would be with the decent operators who remained.
I would be naive in the extreme, though, to ever expect this to actually happen. You are totally correct, the fact is that these companies exist and are often the starting block for many new pilots. I guess the upside of it is that for the majority who make it through this baptism of fire, it is a good educational experience and teaches them what they can and can't do in an aircraft when they are lined up at midday and 35 degrees C on that 750 metre bushstrip in a Chieftain full of hunting clients etc.
I am not condoning it though, and wouldn't want to explain it to the families of those who don't make it.
I guess we are some of the lucky ones.
Cheers,
NP.