Sylvain wrote:

Too bad that the only interaction most pilots -- I am talking renters
here, I presume that owners would be more involved -- have with the
nice folks who maintain our aircraft is via the squawk list...

Some owners are active with their mechanics, some aren't.

My mechanic divides her customers into two groups. Aircraft
owners who will turn a wrench on their plane and those who are
"just pilots."

A guy came into the shop one day and said he thought the battery
was shot in his plane. We were sitting in the back eating lunch
and she told him to bring it in and she'd test it. There was a
blank stare and then she realized, "You're just a pilot. Ron,
go help him take his battery out."