> Seems simple if one cares to admit it: Status. I'm always gobsmacked at the obvious class divide during boarding, and the efforts they go to in order to main

> Seems simple if one cares to admit it: Status. I'm always gobsmacked at the obvious class divide during boarding, and the efforts they go to in order to maintain it. The HUGE signs that "PREMIUM" are over here, and everyone else is over there. I also really like those barriers and retractable ropes/fences they put up, and how they try exceptionally hard to stop me sitting remotely close to the 'Premium' boarding area, even just to read a book. I don't do anything else much in big public gatherings (public transport, sporting events, live music), so I think it's particularly jarring for me.