And ponder the fact that had the engines stuck on idle on that BA 777 done it just 30 seconds earlier, thre toll would have been quite different and the statistics not so glorious.
Through no fault of the airline.
The point with AF is the number of incidents, all (AF 447 pending) self inflicted. Fatalities is not the only measure. YYZ, JFK and now CCS all non fatal but serious incidents resulting in major airframe damage/write offs, it doesnt look good.
How many write offs has BA or Lufty had in the last 12 years (or indeed 20)? AF however, 2011 ERJ - JFK (caused by AF) 2009 A330 - Atlantic, 2007 F100 - Pau, 2005 A340 - Toronto, 2003 CRJ - Brest, 2000 Concorde - Gonesse, 1999 747F - Chennai, 1999 737 - Biarritz. And if we go back to 1991 theres yet more.