I remember in one case a HUGE patch over the main passenger entry door
I prefer to have an ugly patch than to regularly loose airfoils in flight...
Can you seriously be considered as a neutral party given your curriculum?
No matter how bad was AF, BA wasn't good enough to avoid 5 fuel tank perforation caused by tires, which from my point of view is
enough to be "concerned" by the potential associated risks. The rest is BS, just like your dishonest attempt to persuade us that tank 5 was over-pressurized without a single piece of evidence.