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  JFK / EWR
  Currently you can hop on a plane in JFK > SSS > LAX > JFK. RTW with minimum amount of planes, 41 hours 50 minutes in the air.
context: ... starting January 5. Why not starting right now??!? >
  
  Gives time to get materials into place, is the only thing I can think of. But really it should be a temporary ban until the 5th. Then do the testing. >
  
  It's not like we've not been in this situation before. We've had 2.5 years of practice. Surely we can move faster this time around? >
  
  A week and a half gives time for:
  
  Retraining (Lots of people have been switching jobs)
  Creating/printing materials for people to read to understand requirements
  Allows for the literal air to clear (Can’t do it immediately as people are still in the air from there)
  Allows for those who visited family in China over the end of the year to make it back to the US even if they are starting to have signs. >
  
  
  (Can’t do it immediately as people are still in the air from there)
  
  No airliner stays in the air for even 1 full day >
  
  A lot of international flights are overnight though. Plus you have to contend with the international date line as well. >
  
  Heck, going from Hawaii to Pennsylvania is an overnight trip even if you leave at 12pm. International has to be overnight >
  
  Coming from China to the USA you land around the same time you took off on the same day. Roughly 12-14 hours in the air. >
  
  And depending on when that is, it is an overnight. The longest is to Singapore from a certain point of the world can't remember.