Air France crew fighting

[ATC Watcher]

Originally Posted by Auxtank

I would not say that was a cultural issue but rather gross incompetence by all in the cockpit.

Flight 548 had culture as major causal factor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britis...ays_Flight_548

A fascinating read, I had forgotten that one, thanks for the link Auxtank , put things back into perspective and shows to how far we have advanced since that time..
But AF also had a cultural problem , identified and attempted to be corrected may times. After AF447 athings did change , except for the 5 or 10% at the top that still think that their judgements are better that the SOPs , and, for instance, a management that (still apparently) supports modifying the Manufacturers Flight manuals possibly under the pressure of those same 5-10%.
The French BEA was for many years subject to pressures from the "gang of 3 " ( DGAC, AF and Airbus) in minimizing incidents where they were involved , and what has changed recently in their increased independence and willingness to publish critical reports , that sometimes get media attention . Will it change things ? No sure, cultural changes takes generations to take effect,. The British and the US started to address this earlier and are far better at this , but recent incidents and accidents show that no-one is immune to a bad culture ..