So JSF, A400M don't have new and untried technology in them?
well i think that goes without saying! the previous post implied that civil planes were a one way bet compared to testing military ones. i was just highlighting that they very often have novel and complex features too, although i believe the civil flight testing regime to be organised significantly differently to the military one.
perhaps i could have said 'civil jets often have untried technology in them TOO' to make it crystal.. anyway, now we're reading from the same hymn sheet