From FlightGlobal:
Defence ministry officials wrote to the US Air Force ....
By buying USAF slots, the Canadians and Aussies managed to get theirs in about 12 months from order.
Seems that carrying these is the only real argument in favor of the A400 left..
It'd still be only able to carry one at a time. How useful would that be? Also rumored to be overweight and so may not offer the advertised cargo performance.