If you experienced severe nose wheel shimmy which stopped if you use back elevator to keep the nose in the air (take off or landing) - would you write up the defect if there were more bookings that day on that aircraft? Discuss. Can severe nose wheel shimmy cause potentially other serious effects if allowed to continue? Cracked Engine mountings maybe? Torsion twisting of the fin perhaps?
Or would you keep quiet about it and let the next pilot find out for himself, just like you did.