Our next Reddit post is from Call My Name or Walk On Buy.

This was 10 years ago in Iraq at Camp Spiker.

I was part of an air crew that flew mission-critical nighttime flights.

I wasn't a pilot, but I flew in a support role in the backseat.

We were lucky enough to have our own little private rooms.

With an air conditioner in each room and blackened out windows, it was easy to sleep all day,

then wake up at 1600 or 1700 hours and head to work.

We had big signs on our doors saying, day sleeper, do not disturb, come back after 1700

hours.

One day, the contractor in charge of safety and maintenance of these rooms decided they

had to inspect the smoke alarms and fire extinguishers in every room.

It's a reasonable request.

My boss gave the contractors a list of rooms to not disturb until after 1700 hours.

Of course, they ignored the list, and we were all awakened to workers banging on our doors

and letting themselves in.

Just doing my job, sir, however, air crews are required by civil and military law to

have adequate crew rest.

It's more than, hey, get some sleep.

It's a strict number of hours before flying that should be undisturbed.

If there's an accident, it can become a very big deal, legally.

If it's later revealed that the pilot or air crew wasn't given a chance to properly

rest.

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