I think the danger in this approach is that you're moving towards just being a regular consultant which sort of defeats the purpose of what I think he's trying

I think the danger in this approach is that you're moving towards just being a regular consultant which sort of defeats the purpose of what I think he's trying to do. I think this illustrates why consulting is really what lots of people are after even though they like the idea of fixing costs. You can't have it both ways.