Tony I am not going to respond to your entire rant.
by iwire
This is an NEC forum, we are not going to recommend ignoring, violating or selective enforcement of the NEC.
by mxslick
No one is suggesting such.
You need to read the second post in this thread.
As for the rest I stand by what I said.
For me The only way I would consider this is if I could be assured I was really dealing with the AHJ and that AHJ was giving me something in writing that shows they where OK with it.
Remember inspectors are rarely the AHJ, don't let them snow ya.
Bob