To me, every passenger on the flight is of equal value, elites to kettles (and I despise both of those terms because they are often used in the sense of 'personal worthiness' and nobody is any better or more worthy than anyone else as a person unless or until they prove themselves otherwise).

But then, my point of view is that of the captain of the flight. I don't care who got a bigger seat or their choice of airplane food (two mutually exclusive things if any there ever were), I care about who got to their destination safely, and there, we're all worthy.

But that's just me.

FAB