No argument with you SAS, all good professional advice. The only exception I would have is those operators who maintain a "less than just" culture where writing up a report would result in actions more punitive than constructive. They are out there.
But the sum of the posts by the author of what I quoted look to me like a poisoned work environment. When he assumes the engineer doesn't "give...a crap" unless forced to ride along.
I've done more than my fair share of post-maintenance flying as a result of some of the jobs I've had and I don't think I've ever felt that the engineer(s) who worked on the aircraft would do his job any differently if he knew he had to ride along (outside of a couple vacation spots in west Africa).
I've also happily gone along whenever asked by a pilot whose aircraft I have worked on. And yes, it can be a pain, because sometimes there are still other jobs that need to be done on the ground. Such is life.
Is this really that indicative of attitudes in those other places??
Perhaps my perspective is a little unique.