In their minds, they are entitled to fly on jets. But to save the planet, they have to make sure that they are the only ones flying. The rest of us will be put in cattle cars.
In communism, its called “first among equals” with an emphasis on the first. In the Soviet Union, this led to the maintenance of “special stores” open only to the families of party members, admission to the best USSR colleges set aside for their children, foreign travel open only to them, and avoidance of military service in wars they advocated.