Air France threatens job cuts triggering 'violent' protest

Air France-KLM unveiled a new restructuring plan on Monday threatening 2,900 job cuts after pilots for the struggling airline refused to accept longer flying hours, triggering a "violent" protest at a board meeting. Four unions called a strike to coincide with the launch of the plan at a central committee meeting early Monday, which was interrupted when several hundred workers stormed in to the airline's headquarters in Roissy, just outside Paris. CEO Frederic Gagey made a hasty exit, according