Couldnt resist! Isn't SOP in RYR to accel to V1 then brake to 80 kts?
Serious note though - is there not a mechanism to bring action against the Mgmnt pilot. I would have thought it was an MORable event in violation of the terms of the AOC (do you guys call it an AOC in the USA?). A quiet word to the FAA is not the same thing as putting the wheels in motion and while management may hate a "work to rule" if indeed this was, there is simply no reason to bring action for it - sort the
problem out at root cause.
RIX