I wouldn’t place too much reliance on that, bmi-star. The Pprune posting you refer to was the poster’s first ever post on the site, and they’re quoting an “inside informant”. I’ve heard some of these rumours before – but some are new ones on me.
Elsewhere on the same thread, the same poster makes the somewhat surprising assertion that MAN is trying to discourage “low-cost” operators – which will probably come as a surprise to bmiBaby, Hapag-Lloyd Express, V-Bird, and Air Berlin.
This hardly enhances their credibility, IMHO.