Looking at three more recent accidents (Gonesse, Pearson, Pau) that happened in better economic times, there was always an element of procedures not adhered to that in combination with other expected events contributed to the accident. So one might be tempted to speculate whether this is down to culture.
Gonesse ?... I presume you mean the Concorde crash ? What "non-adherence to procedures" are you referring to ?
Pau ? What ? when ? where ? I can't find any instance there .
In every accident, there is always an element of human factor involved. So what's your point ?
Also, by your argument, will United and USAir be excused from having a hull loss a year because their crews aren't the most serene due to the economic situation of their airlines?
Far from it. Consider that as an addition to the previous paragraph about integration of three airlines'cultures into the AF way of doing things, plus the fact that on the Faa incident, the crew was made up with one ex-top mangement pilot from UTA captaining a demoted Commander from AeroMaritime (by the way, that makes it FOUR airlines under integration). That cockpit adheres closely to the definition of "particular cockpit".