hittest with nested movieclips

[abel408]

I have a lot of nested movie clips. For some reason someone at one point told me it was a good idea.

I can't seem to get hittest to work. Any help is appreciated... Can you even hittest movies clips inside different movie clips?

This is my code:

for(var x=0;x<=5000; x++){
		if(this.hitTest(_root.jet, _root.environment_mc.environment.bombSpawn_mc.flying_mc.bigBomb_mc)) {
          trace("Collision Detected");
    } else {
          trace("No Collision");
    }
};