Excellent post cencal, but I am really interested to hear from one of the guys saying they would fire someone for this. I am just trying to understand their thought process. Is it just to make some extra money or do they really think its ok?

Also, I think SR22 had a good point. A company who is following the rules ( and incurring the extra expense involved) would have a great incentive to crush their competition. If there were several other 135 ops in the area and I could run all of the others out of the game and make their pilots uninsurable, why wouldn't I do that? More money for me and my pilots? the same as if I found out they were cheating on their maintenance, certificates, etc..... I wouldn't want my business to rely on the mercy of my competitors and I wouldn't want my certificate to rely on the mercy of a pilot I just fired for not violating the FARs.