Yes, this situation is unbareable to us. You're right to complain but consider that we, at AF and all French airlines have to put up with french ATC work to rule strike and recurrent strikes on most short haul flights and 50% of our long haul flights. There is a deepening canyon between a fringe of the French ATCOs and French pilots and that situation is reaching its peak at this very moment as several company pilot reports have been dug out unwillingly and published in several major national newspapers.
To many, ATCOs are putting their own T&Cs in jeopardy in the longer run, they're digging their own grave. They're infuriating the entire country by striking again and again and the word is spread that some officials have decided to tackle the "ATCOs issue" once and for all.