https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises...ce-791483.html

Looks like Ben Smith is also going to the the head of Air France at least temporarily and even possibly permanently, in addition to being the president of AF-KLM.

My gut feeling is that he is going to deal with unions by being more flexible, in other words, more generous to labor than his predecessors. Perhaps with some restrictions maybe in time until the business gets better, or something like that. Basically doing his best to get it across that in his mind they are all on the same side in this; if things work well everyone should benefit...

Argument for management/shareholders side being that there is value in labor peace. Which to me looks like what happened at AC.