Well, I can only guess as to how widespread these practices are, but we don't need to focus on what Sink r8 thinks might be happening, or knows is happening, or bring names and examples into the picture.

It's simply sufficient to remind everyone of trip parking. It was there, and the union stepped in. Is there any reason to think the guys that found that loophole are too stupid to find others?

Not everyone that likes the idea of 1.5>80 is a scheming [deleted]. In fact, many, most people that like it, like it for reasons that are completely innocent and rational. It really sounds like a nice concept, on paper. The same is true of OOBS. It's just that I'm trying to think of the unintended consequences.

When looking at things people advocate for, I usually find that it's about money, and it's often about steering money from one party to another. It's a good idea to identify the winners and losers. Poaching open time, or other bases' open time, or steering juuust a little bit of extra coin my way seem like such victimless crimes, when you think about the group as a whole. Not so much when you really identify the pocket the money comes out of, and the money it ends up in.

I would advise a LOT of critical thinking in this area.