Does Anyone Else Have This Problem?

[John Pennekamp]

If you feel that maintenance isn't fixing stuff the way you want then one option is to change the wording you use when you write something up. Write it so that they have to fix it.

Exactly. If they can just slap a deferral sticker on it and go, you're not writing it up right. Any airplane can be grounded anytime. If you're not comfortable with the plane and it's deferrals, Captain, grown some balls and refuse it!