3 ms·
Because a good night sleep is crucial to better performance in school, workplace and life in general. For dangerous jobs, the stake are much higher. It can mea
by kiba 13y ago
Because a good night sleep is crucial to better performance in school, workplace and life in general.
For dangerous jobs, the stake are much higher. It can mean the difference between death or a really a close dangerous incident.
- scott_s 13y agoI recall reading in "Black Hawk Down" that the helicopter pilots - and only them - got to sleep in air conditioned trailers. Piloting a helicopter is so dangerous, and the conditions in which they were doing it even more so, and so many lives were routinely at stake, that making sure the pilots got a good night's sleep was worth it. Everyone's job was dangerous, of course, but the reaction time of a well-rested versus a not well-rested pilot could mean the difference between a dozen deaths or a routine day.
- sologoub 13y agoSo now we are comparing high school to piloting helicopters in a war zone?
- scott_s 13y agoI was responding directly to the parent poster's comment about dangerous jobs. But everything is on a spectrum. If we acknowledge that something is important in the extreme case, it's worth thinking about how important it is in less extreme cases.