Is it a about money? Is it a bragging rights thing? Is it a leftover of years gone by?

    • skydivekingair@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It’s like that for the most medical communities. Some nurses and docs spend a full week at the hospital. We were an air ambulance so the FAA limited us to 12 hour shifts but many ambulance, fire fighters etc. are 24-72 hour shifts.