I never felt pressured to take an aircraft which I felt was unsafe or needed engineering.
I've stayed away from this debate on purpose but really guys! How about the 748 skipper in PRG who was suspended for refusing to fly a damaged aircraft back at night? When it did come back I know there were some irregularities with the ferry flight as well.
As for the Sheds, we carried a hell of a lot of defects. Partly due to some Captains refusing to write defects in the tech log in case it reflected badly on them and partly because some faults were made to 'disappear' by being signed off at the end of the ADD period and then being written up for another 10 days despite never being repaired.
There was a hell of a lot of pressure on crews to take marginal aircraft - one flight I did to Gatwick aged me ten years as the aircraft (330) started to fall apart around me and convinced me to get out of the company.
This close-minded attitude of 'theres nothing wrong here folks' by a small minority of crew is what allowed MOB to ride roughshod over people for so long. As long as one of you took an aircraft that wasn't fit to fly, you set a precendent that he could threaten and beat the rest of us with.
I have to echo some of the others on here - you really are better off out of the company. It may take some time to realise it but you will be. best of luck to all of you who wish to keep flying.