Hi,
The context of this note should be taken into account: the BEA was under pressure to anticipate their analysis of the newly recovered DFR/CVR, some results were leaked and Airbus was already claiming that the analysis of the recorded data had shown that the plane was not the problem. The BEA reacted strongly to this claim, making clear it is the only authorized entity to establish new facts about the AF 447 accident, that those leaked/unauthorized informations were not helping the families who had lost a relative, that it will soon release a first set of new facts derived from the recorders and an interim report by the end of july. A bone to gnaw, waiting for the main course.
Indeed you right.
BEA reacted strongly for support the Airbus claim
Indeed for "le citoyen" lambda people the note of the BEA (and emphasized in newspapers) the pilot error is what made fall the plane.
Even the minister Mariani confirmed this after the BEA release.
The seed is planted