Awhile back there was a crew that had a plane with an MEL. THe MEL required some paperwork changes. There was exactly 1 person at Kalitta that could provide the required paperwork in order to be legal for flight. It was a weekend or that person was on vacation, and he refused to provide the required paperwork, and instead threatened the crew with a trip to HQ to visit the Chief Pilot if they did not accept the aircraft. My understanding is the crew got the feds involved and found a work around....far nice than I would have been....I would have asked when my ticket to DTW was booked and had a pleasant conversation with the CP about why a crew was being told to operate the AC outside of the MEL.
Think long and hard about coming to company who pushes its pilots to fly illegally and tries to change the contract unilaterally.