I worked for 2 operators and was seconded to a third briefly. I also owned an aircraft that I leased to a survey operator. My expertise is Mag/Spec with a bit of gravity work. I have contacts in all the main companies that do Mag/spec. I think I'm reasonably up to date with that scene.
Regarding Atlass, I never said they pay less than the award. The award is significantly below industry standard. Admittedly it was awhile back now but a work mate called them up answering an ad, when he told them who he currently flew survey for, the response from Atlass was "we don't pay anywhere near as much as you get now where you are." We were getting the industry standard at the time so I deduced from that, Atlass pay less than industry standard.