Neal battled Bastion and the Prime Sentinels, but would have been overcome if his brother, fighting the Sentinel programming, had not saved him. Sanjit sacrificed himself so Neal and Karima could escape. However, Karima was beginning to succumb to the Sentinel programming, becoming an Omega Sentinel.
If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from Los Angeles, CA to Atlanta, GA is 4 hours, 14 minutes.
Flying to Australia is a long arduous experience. We know as we have flown from Europe to Australia and from the United States to Australia many times. The journey from Los Angeles to Sydney is a nonstop flight and typically takes around 14 to 15 hours.