Stick to the written SOPs and you're safe (but possibly dead - a much more desirable place to be than a Court of Law).
Indeed. At various interviews with differing operators a common question was "what do you think about SOP's?" There were some standard answers that 2 pilots who did not know each other would know what the other was going to do and when etc. etc. Then an old TRE, 15 years ago, told me another reason to be studious in following SOP's. It was to cover your backside in the event of................
I thought that to be rather sad, if you could see the SOP was not the best thing to do a that moment. Perhaps it would work, but there was a better way. However, if during your alternative technique Sod's law came into play you were on your own. Under Plan A rules you had a defence.