08-07-2020, 09:50 AM
Thanks, Kalianna, but I'm not sure things are still clear. Hopping to me means spending some time on each island, i.e., a few hours or days outside the airport and then moving onto another island. E.g., Flying from Hilo to Lihue is not island-hopping in my mind, you're forced to do that if that's the trip you need to make, but you're hardly staying in Oahu. However, you were in Oahu, albeit at the airport, so does that mean you have to quarantine? The article suggests you do which suggests HNL is not considered safe.
I completely agree that if that's the case then you need to isolate different inter-island travelers. How that's managed will be interesting to see, even if they attempt to do so. I suspect it will be beyond the state's ability to do so.
Then you have the flight crews that for Hawaiian are mostly based on Oahu. I assume they are exempt, but if they have to negotiate HNL and travel with all sorts of inter-island passengers. If HNL is considered unsafe then you have a vector for COVID-19 on every inter-island flight.
I completely agree that if that's the case then you need to isolate different inter-island travelers. How that's managed will be interesting to see, even if they attempt to do so. I suspect it will be beyond the state's ability to do so.
Then you have the flight crews that for Hawaiian are mostly based on Oahu. I assume they are exempt, but if they have to negotiate HNL and travel with all sorts of inter-island passengers. If HNL is considered unsafe then you have a vector for COVID-19 on every inter-island flight.