Flight deck employees represented by the SNPL union and Air France pilots have reached an agreement with the airline to define a lower-cost business in order to reverse the carrier's unprofitable state. Current Air France-KLM CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac is working closer with workers than his predecessor Alexandre de Juniac, who once suggested creating the lower cost airline without consulting pilots beforehand. By contrast, Janaillac has mitigated a pay-reduction plan to get employees on board with his ideas. The lower-cost unit named "Boost" is aimed to decrease costs by 20% on long-haul flights.
See "Air France Plans to Fight Budget Rivals on Costs, Not Fares", Andrea Rothman, Bloomberg, February 21, 2017