Then of course there is the other scenario, where a company desperate to save money skimps on engineers and spares. The end result is pilots being persuaded to not record defects in the official document (the tech log), but instead in a notebook for eventual rectification. This is usually done on the basis of "if you don't it'll be your job".
This usually happens at outstations where tech delays can be disasterous if you have no engineering cover.
Worse still, it has been known for some pilots to carry out engineering work under the direction of an engineer at a remote base, by phone. Same reasons as above.
At least one airline is currently being investigated because, on inspection, the tech logs were found to contain a suspiciously low number of defects for the type, and what defects there were, were minor in nature and could be covered by the usual "system tests satis, please report further".
Naturally I have no idea which airline might be doing these things.
Seem to remember your operation being pretty good on the engineering side, Gentle Giant!