Mailing from coast-to-coast sounds like it would take a long time, but there are regular flights cross-country, and the sorting facilities bring mail to the middle of the coast, and then ship it straight across, east or west, depending. This means that the mail has to go first to a central sorting facility.
Truck and bus drivers must generally take a minimum of eight hours off between shifts, and their shift hours are often capped. Airline pilots are required to have 10 hours off between shifts to allow for transportation and rest time.
In these states, employers can make employees work a full day without any kind of break at all, even on shifts of 16 hours or longer. It applies to meals, short rest breaks, or smoking breaks. Still, many employers â and that includes fast food chains â do offer breaks.