Beleaguered German airline Air Berlin has had to cancel flights en masse after it was swamped by pilots ringing in sick.
On Tuesday, about 200 of the 1500 pilots due to fly that day called in sick, the airline said.
Today is a day that the existence of Air Berlin is threatened, wrote Air Berlin chief operations officer Oliver Iffert in an internal memo.
Calling it a pilot revolt, the daily Bild reported that the reason for the jump in the number of pilots claiming to be sick was a dispute over their possible transition from the insolvent airline to a potential new buyer.
However, the pilots union, Vereinigung Cockpit, denied the report, saying: At no point did the VC call for (pilots) to report ill.
The Berlin carrier is expected to cancel mo…
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