The French are not all that good at speaking other languages mostly because French schools don t emphasise on that which is stupid. So I can understand (sadly) why a French airline wouldn t employ someone that doesn t speak French (Also not such a good idea for communication with cabin crew/PAX/Operations...). On the other hand their are LOTS of belgiums (as half of them are native french speakers) working in French airlines (1/3 of the pilots at Airpost are belgium!! and a LOT of my belgium collegues got hired by Air France). Their are lots of other nationalities, you just have to speak French, so it s not protectionism or racism it s just a language problem. Just ignore Nuage Blanc he is a troll and they are everywhere around the globe. I personally studied in the UK to get a proper command of English. With the efforts that it implied I am glad that my employer (Non French) was not narrow minded enough not to hire me because I am not from his country...
Winch