I think you generally should look forward to aircraft that are 30 years old having things break because they are just old and farcked and being blamed one hundred percent for the breakage. It wouldn't be because its actually old and brittle now would it?
A favourite of mine was to spend a whole day standing in a hangar with lames working on aircraft- 40 C with a neat pair of pants and shirt on and a cv and log book in one hand waiting to see the chief pilot to only get 3 minutes with him and then he says no we are not looking at the moment. He walked past me 15 times oevr a 9 hour period. The best part is that you are trying to sort of look semi interested and come up with zaney questions about engines to engineers who just want you to fark off out of the way. Its priceless you really feel that your hard work and investment is really paying off.
God I could go on and on.
Now you've got me started.