I agree that french could be teased on being proud of being French ,why not...
But I do work four an english outfit,they do request everyone to speak english,fair enough to me.
I can assure you that if you speak French ,have an EU passeport ,and a JAA licence, you will be in the same position as every other applicant in a french airline.
Once again it is only fair ,the german do the same ,and if I want to join Air Berlin I will learn German...
English is the aviation language ,this provides us with many opportunities ,in some countries with enough locals ,for the market the only thing that they ask is to share their language...
In Rome live like the romans ,don't you think?