In my imagination, there is no complication...
I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky......
As regards the C-17, does anyone
really believe that Bubba Boeing won't up the price significantly if Europe cannot agree about the A400M?
By the time the A400M starts entering RAF service, the C130Js will be getting pretty well shagged out after Afghanistan. So it wouldn't be terribly surprising to see them being flogged off to the highest bidder and replaced 1-for-1 by A400Ms....