Subsequently it seems that the union representing the majority of the AF pilots have now definitively demanded that all Thales pitots in the AF fleet are replaced with the Goodrich ones that, and I quote, "have never been implicated in any reported incident".
Air France: les pilotes répudient les sondes Pitot fabriquées par Thales - Libération
The lawyers preparing the compensation claims for the AF447 accident must be rubbing their hands at all this technical prejudice.....