Originally Posted by Yankee Whisky
And test pilots play by the company book so as to keep their well paying jobs ? Just asking.................
The test pilots that I know don't fit your description. They chose their career out of love for flying, and enjoy being members of a team that develops these marvelous machines.
That applies also to the authority test pilots who examine an airplane presented for certification, although they do their work from a different perspective. D.P. Davies explains it nicely in his book HTBJ.