"The riggers that used to crawl into fuel tanks had my greatest respect."
Not forgetting the Leckies who have to replace the tank probes & associated wiring - best aircraft to do this job on? The Vulcan - loads of room in most of the tanks. The worst by far - The Herc - horrid, horrid, horrid.
"At least when adjusting the searchlight you could get a tan!" not quite - it was bad sunburn more like.