Billy Whizz,
Sorry but I think you are wrong with regard to the damage to aircraft.The damage during paint issue first arose when a crack was found to the lap joint of one of a 737-200.
Following an investigation,the maintenance history revealed the aircraft was re-painted at Lovaux in the early nineties.FLS had purchased Lovaux,so making it it's first entrance into the aviation industry.
The cracked section was cut-out and sent for metallurgical investigation by Boeing,who assessed how many cycles had passed since the area had been scored by a knife.This co-incided with the amount of cycles since re-spray at BOH.So surely there are questions to be asked of FLS?
Without doubt,this is a worldwide issue.I myself have removed wing to body fairings using a knife to cut the sealant,but the depth of scores I saw on a section cut from a different -200 did surprise me.