Tell you what. Let's go on AVHerald and start cross-posting all the maintenance failures here on HN. I see that there was a tire problem with an Airbus A350 w

Tell you what. Let's go on AVHerald and start cross-posting all the maintenance failures here on HN. I see that there was a tire problem with an Airbus A350 when it was landing. And the plane was only 2.9 years old! DAMMIT AIRBUS! And then there was an A321 that had an engine shut down in flight. On a 2.4 year old plane! DAMMIT AIRBUS! It gets better. A young (11.8 years) A321 with pressurization problems. Along the same lines, an A330 (just 18 years old!) failed to pressurize. Then a more scary incident, the brakes failed on a 13 year old A319 in Brazil. Wow! Why didn't Airbus pull the airworthiness certificates for those planes? This is just an awful look for Airbus, and it might be worth more investigation. ... Or, you know, things break, and maintenance is important. A 30 year old plane will require pretty intensive maintenance to keep it in safe flying condition.