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The type of "problems" that guys like this report as broken are minute things that don't effect the safety of the airplane. They wait until they are away from a maintenance base, so it will cost the company more money and delay or cancel the flight.

These issues are things like a burnt out light bulb above a passenger seat, a coffee pot leaking, or a broken sun visor in the flight deck. As you can see, none of these would cause any safety issues. Once an item is "written" up, it must be addressed. Most people write these type of items up at a maintenance base, where they can be fixed in little time.