you have never bended [sic] the regs or broke the regs to assist the RAF, to achieve a mission, especially on ops?
Perhaps I was unclear. When I said "I never set out to violate rules and regs", that doesn't mean "I never violated...". The point being that my violations of rules & regs have occurred because a situation has unexpectedly cropped up and the lesser of two evils, due to operational pressure, has been to violate something. The decision to do so has been made in consultation with the crew, and the violation has been kept to a minimum, in terms of degree and duration, required to achieve the task.
This (to me) is quite different from an individual who launches on a training flight with the deliberate intent to carry out manoeuvres which he is not cleared for and which are appallingly dangerous.