Yes, Nick, but you're speaking as a test pilot, not as a chief pilot nor as an FAA inspector. I appreciate what you do as a test pilot, but once the aircraft gets a type certificate and is in my hands, your contribution wanes, and the contributions of the others becomes paramount. Logic and common sense have little to do with enforcement actions. As a pilot, I have no idea what you've done during testing. All I have to work with are the flight manual and the limitations. You supposedly guarantee that staying below the redlines won't cause any immediate catastrophes, and that implies that going above them slightly won't either. There is no way that an increase of 1% torque, or one knot, or whatever, will result in immediate destruction, but it can result in immediate certificate or employment action. That's the distinction we have to make. Thus, I try to always stay within limits, not just for my own physical safety, but for the safety of my job and certificate.