French pilots landing at a Port of Entry French airport need > 6 month ID card / passport validity

That’s outrageous. Is there a reference? It would mean a French pilot without a passport could not visit those airports.

OK; AFAIK more or less all of European mainland requires an ID card carriage. In Czech it was called “pas” and it was a criminal offence to not carry it outside the house.

The same was proposed in the UK some years ago but was met with stiff resistance

I don’t get what is the relevance of a French pilot landing at say Le Touquet needing the 6 month validity, but not needing it when landing at say Arcachon.

I have never heard of “un contrôle de faciès”.
@Peter is correct we always need to carry proof of identity in France, but other than entering and leaving the country the only time I can remember being asked for it was at La Rochelle when going through the main terminal from the GA parking and taking BIA students on a visit of the tower.
I thought the 6 month thing was something demanded by the airlines. I have heard a number of Brits complaining about being refused travel if this is within 6 months, not of the date of expiry of a passport but 6 months from the term of the passport, ie if your 10 years from your date of issue is up before the expiry date, they take it as 6 months from the 10 year limit.
If what I have written above sounds like nonsense, it possibly is and I have totally misunderstood what I was being told by someone whose daughter was refused travel.
It’s a mess IMO and getting more messy by the day.
@Ibra what does “faciès” mean? It is surely a word that some civil servant has made up.

Ahh I have just found out it means facial expressions such as when you have a disease or perhaps gaping or even maybe gurning. Very weird.

gallois wrote:

I have never heard of “un contrôle de faciès”.

I think he meant “contrôle au faciès”, see here
Basically, when the police/gendarmerie/… applies their power to “check the identity” of a person in a discriminatory way, checking more (or only) people that look “not ethnically from here”.

I understood French police/gendarmes do not need to have a reason to stop you and check ID etc… and that you need to present some form of I D if asked (if this is not correct then what is the law?) . Conversely I believe the UK police need to have a reason and have to tell you what it is, also that you do not have to tell them anything, though this may delay your day while they find out who you are.

With reference to 6 months, is that not generally “a rule” for all travel requiring a passport where your maximum stay may be “up to 6 months”?

Yep French police can ask to see your ID without any prior reason and they don’t have to tell you why, unless you feel it is discriminatory. ie goes against the constitution.
That being said, they don’t have a habit of stopping people arbitrarily and asking to see your identity, unless something has been said by the powers that be.
Like many places France has a shortage of police manpower in certain areas and stopping people arbitrarily for ID might set off another “gilet jaune” movement.