Compromise for players who want to skip everything and not engage in the world, and the developers who want to make the game have a persistent world with players in it.
It is perfect, because you guys like convenience and ease of play, and they don’t.
So for the first half of the expansion you play the game the way they want, and for the second half they give you flying to allow the world to be nerfed in a sense.
Sadly, flying doesn’t just affect one person. The answer for some one like me isn’t “don’t fly.” Its not just about my travel, but everyone else’s.
I think a great example of the mindset that should be understood was made obvious in this thread, and which Bornakk replied.
I would recommend reading some of those opinions and hopefully it will help you get a better handle on why you may like flying, but the game itself may not, especially as it is current without any real reason to fly like TBC and Wrath had.