PJ, this leaves open to question, in my mind, just what it is in the Air France simulator periods that one must demonstrate or practice in order to comply with the sim period requirements.
A hard question to ask the chief pilot at AF:
What tasks and problems am I to stress or require in the limited simulator time for my __ X number __ of pilots and how shall I implement that to get the best training value for the money spent?
I am not sure how the investigation will go, insofar as any legal proceeding vis a vis Air France, but I'd be very, very interested in seeing the answer to
What does the AF training and currency program look like? What is done versus what is on paper?
That's a small piece of the puzzle, as it would address far more than UAS issues.