Originally Posted by brunos

Alexandre de Juniac had a different profile (although X-ENA and a friend of Sarkozy, while JCS was ENA and friend of Mitterand) because he had some extensive experience in the industry. Personally, I thought that many of his ideas were good. AF is achieving a better position of its longhaul products and he must be credited with that. This is a major achievement because longhaul is the backbone (or whatever word should be used) of European legacy airlines. His focus on digital and on control and finances yielded results. Some other ideas were more questionable. But he tried to implement. I totally disagree that he shied away from confronting unions; and the hard strike by AF pilot last year is a proof. He might have won if the socialist government, especially a short-lived transport minister, had not assisted to torpedo his resolve by all kinds of backdoor maneuvers.