BOAC
I never bought Dozy's knee jerk defense of AB. The pilots to whom he referred were company pilots, paid by the airframer, and owned, proprietarily by the airframer.
Much admiration and great respect to the pilots of AirFrance, they forced the line to replace the pitot tubes immediately, and now have forced the hand of the manufacturer to correct glaring and dangerous shortcomings in the controls systems.
bonne chance mesdames et messieurs........