Imagine doing the walk-around inspection as part of the flight crew and seeing that sort of degradation? The flight crews were possible told it wasn't a major i

Imagine doing the walk-around inspection as part of the flight crew and seeing that sort of degradation? The flight crews were possible told it wasn't a major issue and to keep on schedule. As a pilot myself, I get very concerned whenever I see any sort of abnormal surface feature. I am lucky in that I can cancel my own flights. Any commercial pilots here willing to share their experience with this sort of thing? In the US, the FAA gives the pilot command over the flight, but I imagine companies take a dim view of pilots canceling flights over certain maintenance issues.