It is not a ridiculous statement, it goes to show that all the other MEFC have their peculiars as well when it comes to hiring practices.
AF for example, I have never seen a advertisemt for pilots in the past, just recently they have hired so many people that they have gone outside. It's really rare.
But still they have the requirment for french fluency, why don't you complain about that.
After all, the aviation language is english!!!!
same goes for LH, IB