You and jbcarioca are correct. It's not unlike many electromechanical items people buy - reliability is lowest at entry ("break in") and toward end of "useful life". IMO it's not a brilliant idea to take a ship's maiden voyage - or an aircraft at introduction. E.g. 787 and battery issues, 77W and some F seat problems, etc. It may seem desirable to be on an aircraft's maiden flight, but in my book it's usually one to avoid.

I'll hold off for some time, if it's radically new - Lockheed L-188 Electra suffered "whirl mode", literally vibrating its wings off at times; DH-106 Comet had explosive decompression problems as stress cracks grew from the square window frames; DC-10 had baggage door problems causing loss of all three hydraulic systems, etc. etc. The initial Boeing 747-100 was both underpowered and unreliable; a pilot friend of mine (now passed away) flew an early PA flight JFK-LHR and lost all four engines in the air - landed at a UK Air Force Base. I've flown a lot of the aircraft I listed over the years, but I avoided the model until issues were sorted out.