Victor Papa,
your knowledge of the purpose of the regulatory system is remarkably poor for an aviation professional. to say "Example, how much time does a engineer spend these days on a aircraft vs paperwork, admin, etc to avoid accountability?" and "Our primary concern these days are Quality meetings, SMS meetings, HR meetings, CAA meetings etc and by the time all those personnel are paid there are no funds for plts and engs." shows that you have no understanding of the regulatory environment and still have the dinosaur attitude of it is the regulatory authorities job to make the industry safe.
Safety comes from the industry not a NAA, if an operator is "only" complying to the regulations then they are hardly doing their best to make operations safe with a risk that is ALARP, because it is "just" compliant!
As for your comments, engineers do paperwork to ensure traceability of the work and actions, this give accountability, not avoid it!
Secondly we hold safety meetings to ensure that all staff understand the risks that they are exposed to and play a part in the management of those risks. If the attitude in an organisation is one of "the NAA" does that then staff will play no part in its improvement, if you engage with an organisations workforce and get them to take ownership of their risks then safety improves.
Miles