The issue is not who, or what will survive, but what will the world look like after the pandemic. Within this we should consider what aviation might be required or be able to contribute, and with what expectation of how this would be achieved.
To varying extent there were preparations for this pandemic; these are being been severely tested, a stress test for the next one or similar.
So what is next, what do we have to be prepared for on a global level. Climate change is on the list, are we ready; floods, heat, starvation, and more pandemic.
The demands on aviation will be dictated by economics. People will still like to travel, but will they be able to afford it; will nations be able to afford aviation even if there is need. The situation post WW2 involved a lengthy period of recovery resulting in a very different world. The post pandemic world is unlikely to be of the same form or magnitude of change as post war, but it will be changed; to what, why, and when.
In considering when, the effect of climate change opposed to pandemic, is foreseeable, and as a defined point in time establishes a window for recovery post pandemic. This is not very long, and with weakened economic capacity to respond the most significant issue could be how individuals respond; and whatever the viewpoint is today, it will not be the same in six months.