Statistics
Not going to add an opinion to speculations but as have already been said:
- if you are overtaken on the way in to Paris(read any major hub anywhere), statistically it is a very much higher chance it is by AFR(the major customer at said hub) then by DLH(smaller customer). This is a fact and whatever kind of politics you add to the discussions this effect should be accounted for in the discussion. Preferably with other arguments than that the overtaking pilot and controller have similar accents.