Hi Rick.
Unfortunately, the rule is the rule, and the current director of CAA is going to the letter of the law, rather than the intent, and churing through all the laws to see what we are doing wrong. Apart from the BK running into trees a few years ago, i'm struggling to think of any serious incidents that have been on EMS ops in NZ... somehow there are 17 in 10 yrs. Last major one was a JR flying into a white out, and the army wrecking an Iroquois on Mt Cook, both in the 80's.
like you said chip lights and pressure fluctuations, which wouldn't have been reported 20 yrs ago, just talked to the engineers, check it out, watch it, fix it...