Well for one, the engineers in charge of compliance have a lot less protection from the FAA than they did before the 2004 rule change. Now if they make too big

Well for one, the engineers in charge of compliance have a lot less protection from the FAA than they did before the 2004 rule change. Now if they make too big a fuss they can much more easily be subject to retribution. If their managers know anything about their concerns internally and then they file a complaint with the FAA, they’d likely be found out and lose their job. I can definitely understand why those circumstance would lead to a chilling effect.