Unfortunately this may have negative repercussions, even outside of AF.
Broseta and Air France Chief Executive Frederic Gagey had been outlining a drastic cost cutting plan, described by the company as "Plan B" after it failed to persuade its pilots to accept a less radical one earlier this year.
Violent protests by workers are commonplace in France, where the population has a long tradition of taking the law into its own hands. This year, as the country struggles to come out of an economic downturn, has seen many. ...
However, unlike the headline makers in some other disputes, pilots lack sympathy among the general public and the Socialist government.
Ground staff trade unions long ago accepted the company's original, less draconian, cost-saving regime, in contrast to the pilots, who staged a strike a year ago that cost the company 500 million euros ($560 million). ...
The main airline industry union FNAM also condemned the attack on Broseta calling it "outdated behavior".
Parent Air France-KLM said it planned to take legal action over "aggravated violence" carried out against its managers.
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