Sea Org members who send daily reports to David Miscavige
frequently get pulverized and battered.
But Linda Hamel gets a free pass. A David Miscavige pet.
Nothing happens to her, ever.
How does she do it ?
We can learn much about Scientology from studying organized crime syndicates.
The mafia serves well to illustrate the answer to your question. Foot soldiers, crew chiefs & capos get whacked out all the time.
But "earners" are highly valued and can walk on water. Earners make money in the rackets (
extortion, loansharking, drugs, bid rigging, protection, burglary, hijacking, et al). They are given "ethics protection" no matter what else they do--as long as it doesn't endanger the mafia don.
Examples of an "earner" in Scientology:
a) A celebrity who "earns" goodwill with the duped public and political powers.
b) A reg who "earns" cash.
c) An OSA hit man who "earns" freedom from cash-draining lawsuits and incarceration for cult leaders.
OSA "earners" also keep their jobs by whacking out the boss's enemies using a "silencer" called disconnection. In the case of stubborn enemies, fair game is used to help convince the person to cognite (
"on their own determinism") to go away or stop living.