Good comments from IFALPA.
The current mess of early conclusions is due to the French senior military divulging strictly confidential information to NYT. It led to unavoidable scrambling by the investigators to come out with a statement. The French prosecutor was much more cautious then he is now alleged to have been, probably never knew what hit him. He was also being naive to the point of being willing to speak in English, a language he does not speak well at all.
But it is what it is, the ghost is out of the bottle.
"The International Federal of Airline Pilots Associations, or IFALPA, condemned the leaks of the cockpit voice recorder or CVR on Thurdsay, saying that it violated long-established practices after plane crashes, where details are kept confidential until the investigation is complete. “Leaks of this nature greatly harm flight safety since they invite ill-informed speculation from the media and general public and discourage cooperation with investigators in future accidents,” said a statement from the Montreal-based organization. “The sole purpose of a CVR is to aid investigators… not to apportion blame.”