No, he's right. Air travel was a luxury thing and super expensive until the 60s. Only a very small percentage of the population in rich countries would do it.

No, he's right. Air travel was a luxury thing and super expensive until the 60s. Only a very small percentage of the population in rich countries would do it. Now people from Cambodia can fly for a large amount of money for them, but still, they are able to. In the past they just wouldn't be able to afford any kind of flight. Or even worse, they just wouldn't have flights or a publicly accessible airport.