When one leaves the RAF and climbs into a ex-mil jet, there is (certainly in mine and Thunder City's cases) the option of ignoring a large number of RAF procedures. After pouring over the Aircraft maint logs (which I'd never seen in the RAF), one realises that 98% of that annoying nausea is in fact very important.
I made it my business to know the Service record, life expiry and servicing schedule of every major component on my civvy mil jet. I also insisted on knowing the background and quals of every guy working on it.
And when the "delayed till next scheduled maintenance" plus "requested extension on scheduled maintenance" game started, I left.