Flew Air France twice, they were so strict
about the carryon luggage that I would not want to
fly with them again...The second time we flew with
them, they even weighed my purse.
Well, they did kill off the ruling elite in Atlanta in 1962 because of an overloaded plane. Per Wikipedia it looks like the official story now tries to pin it on a mechanical part that MAY have failed, but growing up, I always heard it was because the didn't make the elites weigh their luggage and the plane was significantly over weight. So I can see Air France being particularly picky about weight.