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.
We were told that according to lawâ¦we had to give a 15 minute break, if the associate was scheduled for four hours or more, commencing prior to the end of four hours, and a lunch break (off the clock), if the associate was scheduled for more than 5 hours, with the lunch break required to start prior to the hour five.