this issue comes from unclear FAA rules/advisories i believe.. They are an#l about safety
Then, for God's sake man, get in there and ask the boss what is going to be his corporate flight standards answer to the inevitable question at the Inquiry into the crash.
Someone is going to the slammer and, depending on jurisdiction, it is likely to be either/and both the boss and the commander (although the latter may not have any interest in the Inquiry, of course).
The rules are clear -
(a) don't crash
(b) see (a)
The advisories are just suggested ways to meet the rules. What REALLY counts is not what the FAA says but what the judge at the Inquiry says and what penalties are imposed after the fact.
The cited management attitude is directly analogous to taking off on the basis of the AEO TODR case only .. don't need ASDA or TODR1 as we aren't going to have a failure ...