you can be flexible right into a 168hr work week if you wish. I have never read Chucks book, but the legitimacy of an operator requiring its pilots to contradict the overseeing government laws isn't remotely related to the flexibility of a pilot. On that note, are you saying that a pilot shouldn't turn down a trip in a plane with no seatbelts because he should be more flexible? Sure its an extreme, but its the same concept. Just because people have been getting away with it doesn't mean we should turn our heads and continue.

Coyote, do you disagree that it is illegal? and if no, what is your stake in it?

Fly safe