Cat,
I suggest you do not assume what my cultural background is, or have we already met.
I know the cases you refer to. I have long been convinced there was something fishy behind the Mt St-Odile crash and the way the enquiry was handled (this does not seem to be the case in the Indian airlines case, where the responsibility of pilots is far clearer, with to my mind also applies to Habsheim).
Thing is, I would not be surprised that to protect a key industry and emerging technology, some liberty has been taken with the law. But as stressed, France is one of several countries that would be willing to take some shortcuts to ensure that the future of those key industries is not endangered. That concerns both super and middle-powers, for strategic reasons.
So, yes, to use those events to rant about the nationalistic and arrogant French is stale. A French saying the same thing about an English person would be equally stale.