Paint degradation affect on obtaining luxury passenger missions

[ethzero]

Hello,
For sometime I've thought that while paint degradation was largely an costemic thing there was one condition less-than-perfect paintwork would have an effect in the game, namely the ability to attract luxury passenger missions (or at least the higher paying ones).

I recently tried to give out this bit of information in an FB comment and ever keen not to spread disinformation tried to ideally find a developer-backed source, alas I'm now here asking if anyone knows of a source or it's just an role playing mechanic I've made up in my head!

Thanks,
CMDR ethzero.

 

[Mxpower76]

I do lots of a passenger/Vip missons and never had a mention of paint condition or ship's integrity. I say that because both are on the same screen. It does say fix your ship before you can take a passenger even if you have just 1% damage to anything though.