Originally Posted by
pitz
Quite a testament to AC maintenance practices and Airbus' engineering that this airplane could remain airworthy for so long.
AC isn't exactly known as a very high utilization operator, and certainly relatively low on 'cycles', so I doubt their frames are all that interesting for 'analysis' purposes.
Plus the Canadian climate is very easy on aircraft. Some moving parts my break in -40 weather, but the airframe itself is like cold/dry weather.