UK reveals 'contingency plans' following fresh A400M delay
Contingency plans afoot.
I mentioned this before in jest: Would it not be more prudent and risk-mitigating if the A400M were reconsidered as supplementing and then replacing the prematurely knackered J's at the end of the next decade. C-17's clearly the sensible choice to take the strain. Seems almost pragmatic given the schedule sliding shambles that (unsurprisingly) the A400 programme has become.
Nothing against the concept, Airbus just seem to have woefully underestimated the complexity of the mil airlifter and its engine.