Get ready for new flight regulations

The most remarkable phenomenon in the post-World War era is the rise of private transport and the expansion of mass transportation systems from land and sea to air. Cars became accessible to almost everyone and made life in the city rife with traffic jams.

Around the past decade, hybrid and electric vehicles have entered our lives, but their implementation is still relatively low. They are still expensive and not the most effective. The wear on them is still high. Is this yet another New Age venture with an environmental epic that is questioning its economy? We'll wait and see. What is certain is that after the Corona epidemic, the world will need energy to rebuild itself.

Let's go back: the rise in living standards and jet technology catapulted us all into heaven after World War II. Millions of passengers on tens of thousands of flights every day in the world have only sharpened how wonderfully efficient and safe this is, compared to cars. The experience of flying abroad became accessible and cheap. It is hard to believe that only a few months ago, for very cheap you could fly to Europe, and for a few hundred, to America, East or South America as well.

The world is flying mad. Everyone, all the time. Individuals, those who flew from country to country in the days of flying were a Big Deal, long ago wandered into glittering first wards with magical names and isolated lounges separating them from one person. Once, they got up first and dropped first and refined stewards served them a cool drink and a refreshment kit until the last of the economy travelers finished looking for a less crowded row of alternate seats.

And suddenly it stopped. You no longer have to stay in your seat until the sign is turned off. The passenger jets now stand shamed, side by side, on the outskirts of airports. Only the colorful logos on their tails remained a kind of invitation to the good life. Even the ladders and stairs don't move. Millions of aviation workers recalculate their lives.

What of all this will remain with us? Unlike many analysts and journalists who follow the aviation industry, there are some who think the days after the epidemic may mark the return of the giant planes, led by the two-seater Airbus 380 capable of flying 500 or more, Boeing's 777 veterans and perhaps even the 747 already on its way to the junkyard .

The reason is simple: the need to seat passengers while maintaining social remoteness will make small planes unprofitable. In giant planes, flight costs will not change. The weight to be saved (in passengers and in dignity) will be offset in another way.

But how? With passengers being a bonus. Some of the planes have already reduced their cabin and put cargo into vacant areas.

This may sound like a wild thought, but there may be a situation where passengers will be invited to board their luggage for the flight and place them next to them where a seat once stood. Instead of the person sitting next to you, you will instead have your luggage.

Some brain confusion and drift, but fewer people. The belly of the airplane, which is largely depleted of its dignity, will allow the port to carry other, larger cargoes, which will offset the losses from passenger flights, at least in the meantime.