Our Safety record is Second to None. Our Instructors and JM's are paid. Our Manifestors are paid. Our Pilots are all properly rated. We own 2 outa three of our planes, and will have paid the last installment on the third by christmas.
All maintenance is done on time, by the book, by outside professionals.
No one is making a living from it, instead we all contribute in our own big or small way. But the do it 'cos the want to, not to keep the bucks rolling in. I didn't start my jumping days there - I started somewhere where I whouldn't go these days. My point Bill, is don't generalise.