Another option is to make friends with someone that has a 2 person mount. Find them a list of where all the exploration currents are. Get flown to all of them. Done in nothing flat.

Me I actually LIKE hunting down the aether currents and really would not like to see it changed. Its one of the things I look forward to when questing in a new zone. Keeping my eyes open for the currents as I quest through and then going back to find the ones I missed has become a game in itself for me. Can I do this zone without missing any?