Air France Pilots Slam US ‘Intimidation’.

PARIS (AFP): A French union representing Air France pilots on Monday accused US authorities of “intimidation” after a co-pilot on a New York to Paris flight was arrested for making an apparent joke about a bomb during a security search. “Air France pilots suffer intimidation that is the consequence of France’s foreign policy (on Iraq) and are outraged by the scandalous attitude of the US authorities, in particular the body tasked with security checks,” Philippe Raffin, secretary general of the Syndicat des Personnels de l’Aviation Civile (SPAC), told AFP. Full Story.