The days of a pilot wanting to make a career out of charter work because they love basic bush work and flying is gone. You can argue it is because the pay is crap, and no one wants to live in isolated areas.
Really?
Last time I looked, fair few people flying for the RFDS like what they do. Also get paid fairly competitively for the job too. Guess that's why they make a career out of it. Some of them even live in "isolated areas".