Yet as appealing and valiant as this effort is, testing on its own is not the best way to reverse travel limitation rules in place. This isn't likely to happen until there is wide spread distribution of proven vaccines.

The airline industry is in peril. Most airlines end their days with less cash than they start with, and while airlines have all built up their liquidity this position is not tenable. Delta Airlines recently announced that they hoped to be “cash neutral” by the second quarter, but caveated this suggesting they know this may not be the case. As long as airlines are losing cash everyday, the industry can not be considered out of the woods.