We get most of the 407´s around here in for service eventually, and the joke is that 407 pilots should be issued ¨test pilot¨ badges. There has been a long list of problems since the aircraft came out, the TR issue is not completely fixed, its only been patched by a pedal travel solenoid, and then the FADEC does all sorts of strange things, and it rarely works the same in two aircraft. We recently had one destroyed due to a sudden engine failure w/6 on board, the failure ocurred at 9000 FT and it landed at 8000, nobody hurt which talks good about the crashworthiness, a 350 would have either burst in flames (as usual) or have severe cockpit intrusions.
When everything is OK the machine is unbelieveable, fast comfortable, and manuverable, but I still feel more comfortable in a 206L4.