Obviously it is all legal as they have been going a while now.
Nope, I am told its only illegal if you get caught, isn't that how it all works, the bold prosper.
But as you say they must be completely legal to get awarded such big government contracts
So long as any seats aren't available generally to the public(CASA v CAPER) it must also be all closed charter work or the AOC holder that they use would also be in big trouble as well unless they are RPT AOC holders.