Originally Posted by Safety

This is bordering on reckless.

Every single flight of an air carrier certificate, be it for maintenance, training or revenue (or NOT)is absolutely controlled by the accepted and/or approved manuals, which are specifically required by sub chapter G of the FAR. The case law and chief counsel opinions in regard to this are so numerous that I'm seriously concerned for the misinformation you're distributing. If you're actually a 135 pilot, please ask your POI about this before you end up (like BTQ) on the radar.