The government began to make claims about traveling being a "privilege" in the 20th century. The Soviet government used to claim the same thing, so perhaps the US government took a lesson from them.
Traveling is a right, regardless of what power any government exerts to claim otherwise.
A right in the US is what's defined in the Constitution. Flying is not one.
Can you back up this specious claim with hard evidence?
Exactly. Prove your claim.
> The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The Constitution defines what the government can do, not what the people can do.