I've had pretty good luck flying AF. I live near IAD, which is a major destination for them, considering the diplomatic and international NGO traffic they handle.

The last TATL flight I took on AF was February, 2014, IAD-CDG-DUB. I got a 100,000 SkyMiles redemption for RT J (I came back on VS). J was less than 50% full. The aircraft was a 777-300 with the "angle flat" seat in J. Not as good as the DL or VS lie flat seats, but good enough. As I remember, there was a USB power port as well as a conventional power socket. Their AVOD is not as good as Delta, but since all I wanted to do was eat dinner and sleep, it didn't matter. The other negative is that they didn't serve a PDB (not even a small glass of champagne after the door closed but before push back, like I've seen on other AF flights).

The positives are: (1) at IAD check-in for J passengers is fast and easy; (2) their lounge is nice, directly across the concourse from their gates, and has more beverage options than the SkyClub (including drinkable French champagne), and some tasty snacks, such as a ham and butter sandwich on crusty bread which I really like; (3) the flight kitchen they use at IAD caters edible if not delicious meals; (4) the crew really likes to get back to France, so boarding at IAD seems to be expedited--they closed the door 15 minutes early and got permission to push back right away; (5) cocktails and dinner were served quickly--I think we were completely finished with dessert within an hour of departure, quite a bit sooner than VS's "express" meal service out of IAD; (6) if you like French firewater (a/k/a digestifs), Cognac, Armagnac and Calvados are served from full-sized bottles after dinner; and (7) the crew were professional and deferential. I also got a commemorative AF amenity kit celebrating "80 ans" as an airline. The most important thing, the flight was smooth and safe and landed 20 minutes early.

Different experience, still a lot of fun.

As far as intra-European flights, I have been on the Avro-85 (flown by CityJet, the plane used to be owned by Mesaba Airlines) as well as an A-319/320 (flown by AF); the middle seat is blocked off on their version of domestic F (same thing on KL's "Europe Select").

I was on an AF flight in December, 2014, CDG-BUD, where I was on a cheap Y ticket, but was seated in "Sky Priority" (row 11 on the 319), and the middle seat went out unassigned, so my accomodation was essentially the same as their "business" class. Regular Y (starting around row 14) was packed to the gunwales.