Throw in Full Metal Panic style controls (move an armature in the cockpit and the mech moves that limb a multiple of your movement) and well, that's a lot of work! Work needs calories and calories need food! The pilot must eat!
Base architects have learned to take advantage of this by building more compact kennels into the same space. They're smaller than imperial regulations call for personal quarters, but oddly no designer has heard any complaints...
The occupational requirement for Handlers to stand about one head taller than their pilots also means shorter Handlers can wear sharply heeled black leather boots.
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