Keep in mind we have 30-year old A320s flying around using carbon-fiber, so we would seem to be out of the trial-period phase.
This issue appears to be a cosmetic one with regards to the paint layers, not structural (see my other comment).
This issue appears to be a cosmetic one with regards to the paint layers, not structural (see my other comment).
Aerospace engineers are anything but a bunch of goof offs, which is why flying is as safe as it is. And that's why they pulled the aircraft from service even though it is 'just a surface issue' they want to make sure that it really is just that before releasing them - freshly painted - back into service again.
The history of aerospace quality control is written in blood, not because they are goof offs but because materials science is complex and sometimes the only warning you get that something is wrong is a crash. Avoiding those is what this sort of action is all about, in any other industry they would have slapped some new paint on it and kept going.
https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Surface_Coatings_and_Dra...
Then there is corrosion protection, protection from ablation (especially on leading edges which usually have other protection against this as well), ice adherence and so on. So it is far from just cosmetic, and given the weight of a single coat of paint (500+ pounds on a 777 for instance) airlines make sure they optimize for fuel consumption because just hauling 500+ pounds along for the lifetime of the aircraft costs a pretty penny.
Aircraft are fairly regularly stripped and re-painted too (I lived near a special purpose facility in Canada that did this, pretty weird to see a widebody come down in a location that is not near any major airfield, the first time I saw that I thought it was about to crash, but it turned out it was there for a paint job).
Unless you smash them up just keep them clean and they seem to last quite long, at least as long as comparable steel or aluminum frames.
The weak points are where aluminum is bonded to the carbon, those spots you need to monitor and if there is any damage at all you should count the frame as lost.
As I wouldn't use the characteristics of my steel coffemaker to predict the behaviour of an LNG vessel I wouldn't do the same with bicycles and airliners.