It seems the employees of TUIfly in Germany are not thrilled either, about the way things are developing. There are rumours that their unhappiness about potentially being placed into a new company together with the holiday charter parts of Air Berlin has led to such an increase in sickness that 20 aircraft had to be subchartered to cover the program. Management has tried to calm things down with assurances that basing and terms and conditions will not be changes as a result. Presumably there could be implications for other TUI group companies?