C.Y.A.
As professional pilots, we take pride in completing our assignments in the very best manner possible. We want to project the best images of ourselves and of our employers. This is applicable to every sector of commercial aviation from crop spraying to airline flying.
Sometimes our desire to please our clients is used as a convenient mask for our own personal or financial motives. We Filipinos like to call it malasakit when it might actually be something completely different.
Imagine having to stay overnight at some god-forsaken malaria-infested backwater airport with no overnight clothes. Add to that the loss of a nice juicy international layover the next day; not to mention your kid's birthday party that evening.
Just remember, if you stretch the rules and bring the plane home safely, you will be lucky if you get a pat on the back. On the other hand, if anything goes wrong they will throw the company operations manual at you and make you an example for all the others not to follow.
Use the company manuals to cover your ass. That way they can't use them against you.
Shiny side up! Pointy end forward!