I do so love selective statistics to 'prove' a theory: let's compare the last 10 years of a 40 year-old transmission/airframe with the first 10 years of a 10 year-old transmission/airframe. Luckily I have been around long enough to know how the 204/205/212/412 worked out historically. I am sure we can ignore a few quill drive issues as being 'irritating noise' in that statistical analysis (literally).