A pilot has been spotted helping the ground crew at a Scots airport load a plane as travel strikes and staff shortages rage on.
Footage has captured him lifting the luggage onto a conveyor belt ahead of an Edelweiss Air flight taking off from Edinburgh Airport.
A passenger, appearing to film the scene from inside the plane, posted the video online with the caption: "That's a can do attitude!!!"
It comes amid ongoing disruption at UK airports as airlines struggle with a shortage in workers and a rise in demand in recent months.
Photos of a huge collection of abandoned bags piled up in a baggage hall waiting for collection showed the extent of chaos, the Mirror reports.
Meanwhile, easyJet passenger David Benjamin was left furious after his luggage appeared ripped to shreds, with his belongings inside damaged beyond repair.
And a couple who enjoyed a trip to Lanzarote to celebrate the imminent arrival of their first child were left fuming when their TUI flight home was cancelled.
The pair were first told the plane would be delayed by an hour when they arrived at Lanzarote's César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport.
Their wait quickly descended into chaos as stranded passengers started arguing with airline staff as it became clear they would not be flying home.
Chris said: "We're trying to get a refund from TUI but they are saying they don't recognise our booking reference.
"We also want reimbursement for the flights and taxis we had to book. I've lost complete faith in TUI."
The 63-year-old added: “The only way I can describe it is imagine putting a drill through fabric - it looks as though it has been torn and crushed."
"They obviously knew it was damaged because of the delay and how they laid it carefully on the front to hide it.
"Everything got crushed. The shorts on the top got completely mangled.
"No conveyor belt can do this sort of damage, to me it looks it has been caused by some sort of vehicle."
Airports and airlines are facing increasing pressure to better handle the influx of people going on holiday abroad.
Gatwick is planning to limit its number of daily flights to 825 in July and 850 in August compared to roughly 900 daily usually.
It comes after a busy Jubilee holiday week, which saw more than 150 flights being cancelled across the UK on the day before.
Elsewhere in the travel sector, the RMT confirmed that strikes at Network Rail and 13 train operators will go ahead.
They will take place on Tuesday, Thursday and next Saturday, and on London Underground on Tuesday.
General secretary Mick Lynch said the union had no choice but to act after the train operators had still not made a pay offer when talks adjourned on Thursday.
He told Sky News: "We have to fight this because we haven't had any pay rises, we are faced with thousands of job cuts and they want to rip up our terms and conditions in a form of hire and re-hire that is internal to the railway."
The Mirror has reached out to Edelweiss Air and Edinburgh Airport for comment.
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