Air France Workers Rip Shirts From Top Managers in Jobs Protest
- HR, long-haul executives escape over fence as meeting stormed
- Carrier was briefing works council on moves to shrink business
Air France Management Shirts Ripped Off
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Air France executives were forced to flee with their clothes in tatters after workers stormed a meeting at Charles de Gaulle airport in protest at 2,900 planned job cuts.
Human resources chief Xavier Broseta and Pierre Plissonnier, head of long-haul flights, scaled an eight-foot fence to escape, aided by security guards. Broseta emerged shirtless and Plissonnier had his suit ripped to shreds.