The spokesperson of the SNPL union has back-pedalled yesterday evening :
Air France: faut-il changer les sondes Pitot fabriquées par Thales*? - Libération
The SNPL trade union, which had asked the replacement of the Thalès Pitot probes on the whole Air France fleet, moderated Wednesday this request after having learned that the incident on a A320 in July had lasted only a few seconds. The SNPL union which is the majority one within the company, asks for the change of all the Thalès probes “if it is not an isolated event and if, in fact, it is well the probes that are in question", specified Wednesday evening to the AFP its spokesperson, Erick Derivry. But “one does not change a fleet, even on such a significant subject, an incident which lasted seven seconds”, he added, by stressing that it was necessary to continue the study of the circumstances of the incident.
I wonder what could add or delete to this statement an AF sposkesperson...