A DC10 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A KNOWN MASTER CAUTION FAULT NOT DEFERRABLE BUT NOT ENTERED IN THE LOGBOOK.

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WE WERE ASSIGNED ACFT XYZ. THE CAPT HAD FLOWN THE ACFT THE NIGHT BEFORE FROM DET TO ZZZ. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO FLY THE PLANE FROM ZZZ TO YYY WHERE THE PLANE COULD ENTER MAINT. THE CAPT WAS PERTURBED AT THE FACT THAT NONE OF THE MEL'S HAD BEEN CLRED. I'LL TRY AND REMEMBER THEM ALL FOR CONTINUITY SAKE: CAPT'S RADAR INDICATOR INOP (FO'S WORKED) AUTOTHROTTLES INOP; 1 CHANNEL OF THE ELEVATOR FEEL SYS INOP; #1 PACK INOP; AND ANTI-ICE DISAGREEMENT LIGHT INOP. AT SHOW TIME; THE CAPT TOOK OUR RELEASE STATED THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO FLY SUCH A 'PIECE OF CRAP' AIRPLANE AND WENT TO VISIT THE FLT SAFETY DEPT. HE CAME BACK WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF FLT OPS AND THEY DISCUSSED WHY THE PLANE NEEDED TO BE IN YYY AND HOW INFREQUENT WE FLEW WITHOUT AUTOTHROTTLES. AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL OTHER OPTIONS; THE CAPT ASKED ME AND THE FE IF WE WOULD BE WILLING TO FLY THE AIRPLANE. THERE WAS NOTHING LISTED THAT DOWNED THE PLANE; SO WE SAID THAT WE WOULD. AS WE LEFT TO WAIT; THE CAPT EXPLAINED TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPS THAT IF ANYTHING ELSE WENT WRONG; HE WOULDN'T TAKE THE PLANE. DURING PREFLT; 2 LIGHTS ON THE WARNING/CAUTION PANEL (OVERHEAD) WERE DISCOVERED TO BE INOP. THE LIGHT BULBS WERE CHANGED AND SOCKETS WERE CHKED. 4 MECHS WERE WORKING ON THE SYS; WHILE THE FE AND I FINISHED OUR PREFLT DUTIES. WHEN WE WERE READY TO GO; THE CAPT TURNED TO THE MECH AND INSTRUCTED HIM TO MEL IT SO THAT WE COULD LEAVE. THE MECH INFORMED HIM THAT IT COULD NOT BE MEL'ED. THE CAPT THEN SAID 'IT'S NOT IN THE BOOK; SO WE'LL WRITE IT UP AIRBORNE.' WHEN I EXPRESSED MY DISPLEASURE; I WAS TOLD 'DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT; SIT DOWN AND READ THE CHKLIST.' THE LIGHTS WERE NOT CRUCIAL (BRIGHT/DIM AND PRESS-TO-TEST); BUT THERE'S A REASON THEY ARE NOT LISTED IN THE MEL. I FEEL THE CAPT FELT PRESSURE FROM THE COMPANY AND MORE REG IS REQUIRED TO PREVENT THIS 'PLT PUSHING.' A GOOD DOSE OF CRM WOULDN'T HURT. NEXT TIME I'LL JUST WALK OFF THE PLANE WITH THE MECH.