Airship dock - Leaving dock default choice change to "Yes"?

When talking to the NPC to leave the airship landing dock, the default option is "No" (i.e. don't leave the dock).

Wouldn't it be better to have the default option set as "Yes" to make getting through the dialog boxes to leave the dock a tiny bit easier?

no, mainly because it has a negative side effect to click yes, if you leave you need to pay to go back in again. Generally if it has no side effect yes is the default, if there is a side effect no is the default