Good point, ORAC.
In fact, our lad Quentin should consider that while an overrun on 25 A400Ms may be painful, his operation is (so far) unhesitatingly committed to 75-140 JSFs which are two years behind the 2004 schedule, have no fixed price and are overweight to the point where they may need to perform risky SRVLs.
And he has no vote at all on a decision which will saddle him with a monopoly supplier for an engine which has already delayed the program and already costs too much, and which faces a large and undisclosed bill for a thrust increase to restore performance.