Can't fly in the Oasis related areas, is it by design or is something weird going on?

Whenever I'm doing one of these dumb Oasis quests, I frequently end up incapable of flying. Lifting off sends me straight vertical and unable to control my direction, then gives me a parachute before taking it away and plummeting me to the ground anyway.

It happened in the Oasis itself, Stormsong, Maldraxxus (but then stopped??) and the other Eco-Domes it's sent me to. But then it doesn't always happen, even if I'm doing a quest or a daily. It's super inconsistent, but makes the whole thing an even bigger tedious pain.