http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/9366221/detail.html
"This ain't your grandpa's V-22," said Maj. David Lane, of the U.S.
Marine Corps. "This aircraft is phenomenally safe. I've got a family. I
wouldn't strap myself in if I wasn't comfortable with where it stands
and where it was at."

Has it really been in development that long? ;-)

-HJC