Unfortunately, this isn't anything new. I also doubt that aviation is the only industry with these types of attitudes.
There is a supervisor where I work who keeps trying to get mechanics to take shortcuts instead of fixing deficiencies correctly. He is very production control oriented, and not so much maintenance oriented, even though he is a maintenance supervisor. He neither works on nor flies our aircraft, so the only thing that affects him is how fast he can clear a "red-X".
He's annoying, like a gnat that won't leave you alone, but I don't take anything he says seriously. Hopefully nobody else ever will either. His suggestions for repairs make him look and sound really ignorant. We warn every new guy about him and tell them not to be intimidated by him or do anything he suggests, but to follow the repair procedures in the maintenance manuals.