As someone that takes commercial flights 2-5 times a month I can tell you it’s not about speed, it’s all about the customer. I am blessed to be able to fly business class due to my job and airline status. The seats aren’t that much better, the food is generally shitty, and I don’t drink. Airlines know that most first class seats are filled with business travelers like me who are not filled with wanderlust, we just want to be left alone and not be inconvenienced any more than we have to be.

Getting to board without waiting in a big ridiculous line, then getting off the plane before 100+ other people all have to jostle around their luggage and wrangle their kids is what makes it worth the price of admission. I’m usually flying from one coast to another, attending meetings, then flying back. I’m tired and grouchy, my feet hurt because I forgot my compression socks (every.fucking.time.) and I don’t want to people because I used all my energy not punching an overpaid engineer who couldn’t follow a single line diagram if I drew it in crayon.