Cat,
You seem to have a beef with the French, fine, but frankly, your clichés are quite stale. The French are full of themselves?? Sure, and so are the Yanks, the Brits, or the Italians. They are proud of their country, and rightly so.
Airbus is corrupt?? Possibly, but no more than Boeing (see initial Air Tanker deal) or BAe (see Saudi deal). The French State is corrupt?? Definetely, as are the British and US State apparatus (see all the lies peddled to get into Irak).
So come down back on planet earth and get some perspective: not every single Frenchman has 6 lives to account for (and if you want examples of well-off families being able to escape from legal liabilities in the UK and the US, I'll be also willing to provide examples, including the name of US senator).