Lost in Saigon;
When you say "the fact that..." in reference to the ACARS messages, to what documents do you refer as "fact"?
I know that there are a number of reports "out there" concerning such messages but they are not "fact" until they are in-hand and available. If you have an actual source, perhaps it could be provided? As I posted earlier, any ACARS message will have a time stamp, a reference to the ATA System Chapter and a text message describing the failure(s).
I'm not disputing that they exist but am disputing, until we see these messages, their timing and content. I simply don't trust the media, Air France's press information or anyone else's information. There are too many guessers, speculators and interested parties to trust anything but original sources.
I agree. No one has shown us the actual ACARS reports yet. The initial reports simply said "advisory regarding cabin vertical speed". It appears to me that many(but not all) subsequent reports added "loss of pressurization" on their own.