Originally Posted by
SirCowdog
That's a disingenuous argument.
The reason why players are angry about getting flight back is because the manner and form in which they're getting it back isn't the same. Previous to WoD, flight was either obtained near level cap for gold, or obtained right away, with a handful of no-flying islands released later in each expansion(Firelands, TI, Isle of Thunder, IQD, etc...).
Pathfinder turns that on its head, and robs flight of much of its previous value. Whereas before players got to use flight as a reward for reaching level cap, and use it for most of the open world while the content was relatively current, Pathfinder withholds flight long past level cap and for months or even a full year past where being grounded stops making sense and stops being of value.
This isn't a case of players being fickle, as you have depicted. It's a case of players being reasonably upset with a raw deal and poor design choices.
Much like the rest of BfA, players have had something taken away from them then returned in a lesser form, then are being told both by Blizzard and their super_fans to be happy about it.