Whirlybirds...I appreciate that having an engineer to do the after/check 'A's is a luxury BUT surely then the pilots have been taken round the helicopter with a licensed engineer and signed up to do the after flight/Check'A's. The damage and TLC issues ought to have been spotted sooner and the reason investigated. Rigging seems to be the problem, so there is need to get those doing the rigging sorted. If it turns out to be something else(?) we'd all like to know.
I have flown on the Safari Rally which requires full pedal to be used for 60-70% of the time and have never had the problems that your photos show.