Originally Posted by
jaysona
Why is the missing paint disconcerting? Paint has nothing to with safety or the ability of the aircraft to fly or not.
Disconcerting inasmuch as one likes to fly on a shiny plane rather than one looking worse for wear. Not concerning enough (obviously) to not want to fly on it!
Not the same aircraft, the aircraft in the incident you referenced is FIN237 (C-GKOE) which is an A320, AtlanticXpat said the pic was of an A319.
Aircraft in my pic is C-GITR - one of the two ETOPS A319's. (The other being C-GITP). This was AC822 YYT-LHR on 29/7.