The situation is so bad in Europe that the pilot went down to load luggage for the flight.

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All over the world, and especially in Europe, aviation chaos is felt due to a shortage of manpower at airports, until pilots help the ground crew load luggage.

In one case, a pilot from the Swiss company Edelweiss Air was documented using a "window" until takeoff and pushing bags into the belly of the plane.

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22/06/2022

Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 15:22 Updated: 16:05

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Edelweiss Air pilot loads luggage for flight (Photo: Twitter)

The state of aviation is so bad these days in the post-Corona world, and the shortage of manpower is felt from Israel to Asia.

This week we reported that passengers waited for hours for luggage at Heathrow Airport, as well as the rest of the world.

The aggravated situation led a friendly pilot at the Swiss company Edelweiss Air to help the crew of loaders and luggage drop off the luggage to the belly of the plane.

In the documented video, the captain is seen picking up large bags and luggage on a conveyor belt ahead of a flight from Edinburgh Airport in Scotland to Zurich, Switzerland.

A passenger who posted the video on social media, wrote: "This is the approach !!!"

The video comes amid ongoing disruptions at UK airports over recent months as airlines struggle with staff shortages and rising demand for flights.

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Edelweiss Air pilot loads luggage for flight (Photo: screenshot, Twitter)

Chaos in Britain

But this is not the only case where a pilot is called in to help the ground crew in loading luggage.

Passengers photographed a TUI pilot rushing to help crew at Manchester Airport, after his flight was given a 40-minute "window" until takeoff.

EasyJet passengers also showered praise on one pilot named "Marcus", who helped the ground crew load the plane ahead of a flight to Corfu earlier this month.

The chaos at UK airports led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights as well as future ones in July, when Heathrow ordered airlines to cancel 10 per cent of their flights so it could deal with the baggage clutter - leaving 15,000 passengers stranded.

Also at London's secondary airport, Gatwick, flights were canceled and announced that they would limit the number of daily flights in July to 825 and in August to 850, in contrast to the 900 daily flights expected in the summer months.

As we published here this week, also EasyJet, which operates many lines to and from Israel,

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