Must admit it does seem to be a habit of Air France pilots to play the awkard bugger card.
Of the GA'a I have seen at Man about 70% of them have been due to Air France not clearing 24R when crossing it.
And I have also seen them (a few times) accept a line up clearance and TO clearance to then sit there for 2 mins and when asked what they were doing say they haven't got cabin secured yet.