Busmech. The Capt. and her license had survived thirty years of professional flying. She would not have "risked it" however important her missed date seemed to her. If "risk it" was her mindset she would not have been flying, and, quite probably, not alive.
BTW. I'm not an aviator but I have done lots of inherently dangerous jobs and have reached 72 years and counting by being cautious. My respects to the lady.