Even though I now regard LRH as a con man, and his SHSBC lectures as hypnotic patter (and otherwise worthless drivel), there were only two things which provided a reason for PAC's existence: advanced training, and the OT levels.
By LRH's own statements, orgs needed at least a Class VI C/S to...
This effectively had been around under LRH for a long time, called a "Non Enturbulation Order". To get a non-enturb order issued, you had to send the paperwork uplines to IJC. It was effectively an SP declare with the gun loaded and cocked, but the trigger not actually pulled yet.
That tended to happen. In the org I was at, some positions handled both day and foundation. For example the fdn addresso would cover both orgs, and day would handle mimeo for both.
More to the point, what was the AVERAGE GI for the 10 weeks following?
Yes, you can make a lot of money in one week, by crush-regging everyone you can find, and getting them to take out loans in order to get a one-week-only deal. Then the GI crashes.
And every 6 months, they have to go to Flag for a check which might have them down there for weeks, and cost many $thousands.
Very few people could hold a job and stay solvent under those conditions.
It's the "nice, sweet" people who bullies like to pick on.
A company I worked at in my younger days had an owner/CEO who had an abusive personality. One time, his secretary walked into his office while he was on the phone upset with somebody, and he told her "Get out!" and threw an ashtray...