Point of information: Airbus, not Air France, won the Hull-Loss race with the A330. Air France operated up to 11 A310s for 18 years without losing one. They're only first on the A300, A320 and A340, and two of the three were maintenance issues.
The logic of the BEA study is interesting. It would seem that a good reason for a G/A is when the PF loses situational awareness. Evidently uttering those words alone doesn't get them ahead of the airplane again.
The Captain contacted ATC on four occasions to request a stabilisation attitude higher than that indicated in the procedure. These communications took up 13 of the 45 seconds of the duration of the go-around.