I would like to ask the pilots and operators of comercial airliners who choose to fly outside controlled airspace when a perfectly good airways route is available (all be it with extra track miles), whether they believe they get the same level of protection outside CAS as they do inside?
If the answer to the above question is no, then it's clear that they are putting their passengers at increased risk for solely comercial reasons.
If that is the case I would also like to ask whether their passengers are informed of this increased risk prior to purchasing a ticket?
Apart from the moral implications of this, it is also a question that I'm sure their families lawyers will be asking should anything happen to them!