The fact that the TUI Group received around 1,8 billion euros from the German state but is laying off around 700 flying employees at Tuifly has angered the VC. The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit has strongly criticized the behavior of the TUI Group. The fact that it received around 1,8 billion euros in state aid but still wants to cut 700 jobs among flying personnel in Germany is irresponsible or even abusive in the eyes of employee representatives. The VC is particularly angry that the booking situation for the 2020/2021 winter flight schedule and summer 2021 is said to be quite good. Due to the good long-term business prospects, there is no argument for reducing jobs in Germany, said the Vereinigung Cockpit in a press release. The German federal government is accused of the German taxpayer financing job cuts in the domestic economy with tax money. The Cockpit Association is therefore appealing that the state aid, which is intended as a short-term bridge for the current shortfalls, must not be abused to relocate jobs abroad in the long term. The union is demanding that all TUIfly jobs must be retained, especially because the carrier has collective agreements. The Cockpit Association could not resist taking a swipe at low-cost airlines, which in particular make use of outsourcing and so-called atypical employment. "TUI is trying to abuse the Corona crisis to cut jobs in Germany. That is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it. The group obviously wants to achieve a lower cost base in Germany by relocating jobs. We will do our best to