The world’s airlines operate a fleet of 23,000 aircraft from 3,750 airports, annually carrying 3 billion passengers for work or vacation. As consumers, the exponential increase in mass air transportation challenges our notions of identity and redefines our place in the world by cabin class and concierge services. Combining many of the powerful dichotomies of the modern world, air travel places individual freedoms against and above the needs of a society faced with declining resources, climate change and a swelling global population.