Sorry Basil don't see the point of your post. If its not in the MEL how can you be exceeding it?
Maybe AEI should have quoted some examples but I would doubt very much such an organisation would go to so much trouble if they didn't have some form of evidence. As they are apparently engineers I would assume they also appreciate the difference between
an informed command decision
and pushing your luck.
A statement from another thread:
Could I caution against the notion that European carriers are above falling short in the safety stakes? I have surveyed aircraft, quality and maintenance systems in several parts of the world; not all Third World countries have "Third World" standards
Something tells me something is brewing.