A closer look
Only about eleven percent of the global population has ever set foot on a commercial airplane, making air travel an incredibly exclusive experience. While Western influencers complain on social media about the lack of legroom and the audacity of crying babies in economy class, nearly nine out of ten people on Earth have never experienced the sheer terror of turbulence. The travel industry sells the illusion that globetrotting is a universal human rite of passage, but in reality, complaining about lost luggage in a foreign country is a massive privilege. So the next time your budget flight gets delayed by four hours, take a deep breath and appreciate that you are part of a global elite who gets to suffer in the sky
