ASFKAP, you say that cost "should" never be a factor, thats fine, we all know that. Fact is that some outfits are just not as Professional as that and seek to hide /deny defects in an attempt to avoid the expense of rectification.
Hence the use of notes instead of tech log entries.
Hence the point of this thread.
It happens, and sadly lots of pilots go along with it for the all to obvious reasons I mentioned above. No, it "should" not happen, but it does. And the CAA seem to be somewhat ineffective in sorting it out. Thats the real scandal.