This isn't transparent to you, as being a purely political stunt to garner credibility as being one is now "with the people," because he flies commercial jets when he doesn't have to? Really? That's not that hard. The comfort of sacrifice is well worth the points it will give him politically for this stunt, but that's just what this is: a stunt. He doesn't care about flying commercial, he doesn't actually believe that he is one of the 'normal joe's,' He just knows people will perceive him as such, and in that sense, it is very smart, but it is all politics. That people assign this as being ingenious at all is suprising, when it is all for show... for the stage, of politics. He's still who he is, it just gives his political practices and his decisions and what he says more credibility, which is bullshit, because all he is doing is flying in a plane. The symbolism of flying among everyone else as a politician is no doubt powerful, but the obvious calculation that goes into this gesture should be considered more than the inclination to perceive it as genuine.