The Air Berlin Affair

August 15, 2017 - Air Berlin is insolvent. Hundreds of thousands of passengers are sitting in their vacation domiciles abroad, and just as many are sitting on packed suitcases to start their summer vacation in the next few days. And now the airline is bankrupt. The German government reacts; within days, a loan of 150 million euros is made available. Air Berlin can continue flying, for the time being. This not only reassures Air Berlin's customers. The company's more than 8,000 employees, whose livelihood is at stake, are also breathing a sigh of relief. Too soon, as the next few weeks would show. A stewardess tells what happened next and how the Air Berlin crews are experiencing the whole thing. No information from the company, frightening press reports, rumors and conflicts that are being played out in the social media and escalating there. Permanent uncertainty, contradictory.