Recently met an Air France B777 Captain and had dinner with him recently.
This guy was in raptures about the new B777 which Air France was the launch customer for at the time.
We couldnt shut him up about how good this new B777 was and how it performed about 2% better than the advertised specs.
According to this guy if it wasnt for politics Air France would have more Boeings and less Airbuses!
Not my opinion, but that of an Air France Captain with some 30 years in the airline.