OMG.. It seems from all these replies that every piddling little general aviation chief pilot or CFI in Australia (including one Mod by the tone of the reply) have delusions of grandeur. And Australians boast of being egalitarian...
This in marked contrast to the experience of one of my friends who knocked on doors at Djakarta airport in Indonesia, looking for a flying job and where he was welcomed with unfailing politeness and courtesy by management people.
Better still he was offered a job with more than one operator.