Can't to fates while leveling - due to other players

[Packetdancer]

Unlocking flight is unrelated to ranking up your Shared FATE for the area.

True, but unlocking flight in an area is tied to aether currents, and the final aether current in a zone is usually gated by MSQ. The first zone you can unlock flight in is the third, because the first and second zones are split in half and you come back to them later. And even in the third zone you can't unlock flight there until you've been through the second dungeon of the expansion (at level 83), since if I recall correctly it's the MSQ mission taking you into that dungeon which gives you your final aether current for that zone.

If OP is only level 82, they really can't have unlocked flight anywhere yet in this expansion.