Sorry kaikohe76, I didn't intend to be quite so insulting - I had a rough night shift dealing with a cancelled French flight and I felt angry at the perceived notion that you couldn't see beyond the blinkered lies spoon-fed to us by the British media!
Annoying though it is that the French always pick holiday times to walk out, on this occasion they are entirely justified for doing so. Indeed, had the British people taken to the streets en-masse when the first company scrapped its final salary pension scheme, Gordon Brown wouold have had to abandon his tax on pensions and seek to protect company pension schemes!