Originally Posted by orbitmic

I'm always a colourful speaker

My point was a serious one though, that all we have for the 'unions rule it all in the south' is a "on dit" that gets repeated but seems contradicted by AF's ability to pass mass hr cuts in those bases whilst even much smaller changes affecting Paris lead to far more hostile reaction such as last year's strike that led to the airline cancelling its proposed change.

While I agree with your other point on the images discussed, my feeling where I am is that the damage is even more to 'France' as a whole than AF in particular.