Narval, when Mr. Spinetta was appointed to head Air France over a decade ago, nobody there or at Air Inter, the domestic carrier, expected him to last very long. The job was a political plum that came on plush one- or two-year ejection seat and he turned it into a real job. From your pseudonym, I infer you already know this but it might be news to at least some readers here.
Quite right ArthurBorges. It happens that I know Mr Spinetta personally, for reasons outside the aviation subjects. He is at the very least,honest. And he attended too many funerals not to be truly shaken by this accident. Mr Gourgeon has been for some time with Air France, but has a difficult position as he was a former chief of the DGAC and among other decisions was the certification authority for the A330. He often says to journalists "I am not an expert in technical matters..."That deserves to be taken as what the British call an understatement.