@BEagle - no-one is disputing that errors, some of which were significant, were made by AF (and the F-BTSC crew) on the day. As a contributor I have a deep and abiding respect for, could you explain the reasoning behind continued stress on this already accepted point?
Well .. not all points were stressed by the BEA
The BEA in the recommendations also don't stress about some irregularities attributable to Air France
It makes recommendations about baggage .. tire .. means for recording data .. administrative documents .. and also a note on maintenance
Nothing about the fact of downwind take off .. weight unfulfilled .. etc.
It's very interesting to read some of the answers (in court) of the chief of the BEA (At those day Mr Louis Arslanian)
Unfortunately all those "minutes" are in french and I have not find a english translation so far
http://procesconcorde.fenvac.org/?m=20100202