Yup, sounds as though ol' Bubba Boeing is running scared on this one! Quelle pity.....
The Italian 767 delivery is now 'late 2010', I undertsand? That's if the pods ever work properly throughout the required speed range..... Presumably it'll be cool enough then for the old beast to be able to struggle airborne at somewhere nearer to it's MTOW at Pratica de Mare?
The 767 NoGo has huge winglets, presumably another desperate attempt to solve the buffet and/or flutter problems, plus a high-risk yet-to-be-fully-tested 7-late-7 flight deck. Yes, that'll surely prove cheaper then the proven A330MRTT, won't it...
Not much development and testing needed there then, eh Bubba?
As for FSTA, I merely recall the words of the responsible civil serpent in about 1999 - "This programme will
NOT be allowed to slip!".