You can also degrade a turbine engine by running it just below the absolute limit or by crap handling practices too.
What's your point?
I think his point is that with a turbine engine its all black and white in the sense that there is a power lever and needle. All the monkey needs to be taught is don't put the needle beyond that place. There is less room for dummies like in the OPs case to have heard something, run with it treating it as gospel and subsequently giving the engine undesirable treatment. I'm not saying it can't happen, but the scope for it to happen is MUCH less.
The owner of the company insisted we run the EGT right before it would cut out to save $$$$ on fuel.
The irony of this is that, at least at typical cruise settings, the engine would have been happier there than where you would have probably leaned it to.
Continental engine back to 25" after take off
