As everyone knows, there is a gap between what is legal and what is safe. While I'm sure many carriers have done this at one time or another, Allegiant tends to operate within that narrow margin more than it should. When someone asks what kind of duty and rest work rules we have, the answer (more often than not) is: the FAR's. This is not to say that Allegiant is unsafe, but it is always up to the crew to blow the whistle because there is no padding built into the schedules in the form of more conservative work rules. We are all banking on this to change with a new contract .