Air France has been run along the lines of the French public services, and is inefficient and cumbersome, with duplication of functions at all levels. French work practices are inefficient. Of course I have seen the 'studies' claiming the opposite which someone will no doubt trot out to prove me wrong, but I have also worked in a number of countries including France and my comment is based on real observations and not 'studies'.
Of course I am sorry for those at all levels who will lose their jobs, including people I know personally, but they have known this was coming for a while. Socialist Francois Hollande's pretence of magnanimity (it's easy to be generous with other peoples' money) has to be funded somehow, and cutting jobs at AF will allow the money thus saved to go towards those generous pensions and early retirement benefits that he has promised. Smoke and mirrors.
As for Turkey and the EU, a country which has 3% of its land area and about 16% of its population in geographical Europe hardly counts as European, nor are the Turks European people by ethnicity. I have nothing against the Turks at all, in fact they are fine people and in many ways I'd rather see them in the EU than some of the existing incumbents, but I don't think they deserve to be drawn into the failing disaster which the EU has become.
Last edited by Tableview; 23rd Jun 2012 at 16:19.