Bonjour jcj...
As I see it. The Thales were a serious problem, hence the AD. Air France was slow rolling the AD, and Thales killed AF 447.
A single Titanium piece killed Concorde, end of story.
But AF slow-rolling compliance with a direct order? The single cause of AF447?
Mais NON..... All of a sudden it's the airplane, the pilots, the weather, the.....
I get it....