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>>11306766
Imagine being this fucking dumb. A straight line is not necessarily the fastest or the most fuel efficient way because of the westerlies and trade wind. Notice that if you fly from NA to Europe you're always riding the westerlies (in this specific case, the infamous gulf stream) and when flying back to NA you're always riding the trade winds close to the tropics.
Wind resistance and friction is a thing. There's a reason why Kipchoge had lines of wingmen shielding him from wind effect when he tried to break the 1 hour marathon record.

There is some conspiracies, but not everything is a conspiracy. If you know a better faster more fuel efficient path, why don't you open an airline business, become billionare and outcompete the existing airlines?