I've actually built into our annual budget the waste involved with models. Last year I believe I bought plane tickets for perhaps 4 or 5 guys who failed to show. They also didn't bother to call to cancel. I've decided it is part of the cost of working with a younger crowd who, well, are young.

Another cost you need to build in, in addition to wasted airfare, is booking more guys than you may need for a scene. I learned that the hard way when I flew 2 guys to a scene last year and only one showed. As we were in the middle of nowhere, finding a replacement on such short notice was impossible. So I paid the guy who showed and that was that.

What I personally think would be very helpful to producers such as ourselves: a message board where we can post -- for our eyes only -- our experiences with guys. Spot the flakes this way by essentially creating a database of flakes. Much in the same way male4malescorts.com has created a database of no-show escorts, we could do the same for models we were with (or wanted to work with, at least). I'm sure many of us would be reluctant to share the good news about great new models we've discovered, but that isn't always the case. Even if such a database were limited to only listing the flakes, it would be worth it. Imagine if we could tell a model I'm putting you on the black list and you'll never work in this industry again!