Three Air France workers have been given suspended sentences for “organised violence” after being found guilty of an attack on two airline executives whose shirts were ripped off their backs in a protest over proposed job cuts. Pictures of angry workers chasing their bosses, forcing one to scramble shirtless over a wire fence outside the company headquarters, went around the world in October last year. The court was shown film footage in which one worker could be heard threatening Xavier Broseta, a human resources boss, before his shirt was ripped off. Air France-KLM returned to profit last year after seven years of losses but faces stiff competition from Asian and Gulf airlines as well as new low-cost, long-haul alternatives. The airline has seen drop in bookings by Japanese, Chinese and American clients as a result of the wave of terrorist attacks in France since January 2015.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2016 12:32 UTC