yeah its really jsut all about the perks they get, free pass, dont have to work that often (some of them, i know one guy who only had to work 1 weekend out of 3), etc.
We got patrolers here that do it for a living and there on $18 an hour(aus). I did volinter for a year, got treated like shit and got all the crappy jobs casuse i was the youngest. Then i got kicked out cause i kept rockin the park and hittin cliffs even though it was my day off. They didint want young "hollagens" in skis patrol