Commercial pressure over ruling safety me thinks. Lack of data and make stab in the dark assumptions with regards to potential structural degradation of critical airframe components on the 737 is asking for more trouble.
Safety first! What’s going to happen when a wing departs an airframe inflight due to a pickle fork failure? There is enough evidence out there now to give good reason to inspect every airframe that hasn’t just come out of the factory.
I also note from a previous post by Steve that the inspection normally only takes about one hour. Could be done on a overnight layover or even a turn around in some cases.