I don't think it gets to Head Office. So punitive doesn't do it.
Captain and Station Manager are gut-busting to load her up and get her out as soon as the frou-frou valve is fixed.
The margins, typically, are not more than 15 minutes and one of them says go for it, we'll sort the paperwork out later.
The carriers don't want to break the law. Someone might threaten their slots.
Now in the good old days you could ring the minister at 2000 and say "Your daughter's flight was delayed in a very hot and uncomfortable Middle Eastern place for 6 hours and would land in SYD at 0130 were it not for the curfew"
But times have changed.