Re: [OT] [HIST] Paymasters of 2183

1/10 pay for "downtime" seems reasonable to me.  It does not sound like
a 
lot, but who else gets paid for sleeping.  :-D

Scott
The Grumbling Grognard

>From: Edward Lipsett <translation@intercomltd.com>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: Re: [OT] [HIST] Paymasters of 2183
>Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 10:28:35 +0900
>
>This was mentioned in Haldeman's Forever War, but darned if I can
>remember the details.
>They all ended up pretty wealthy, though.
>
>Thomas Barclay wrote:
> >
> > Do you get paid for downtime? Time dilation
> > would surely wreck your life back on any planet,
> > so you'd think there would be some sort of
> > premium, but paying the troopie for every
> > minute of their sleep makes for a high cost per
> > active minute....
>
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