This makes for quite interesting reading. Scroggs and Downtown have basically described the lifestyle on longhaul in my company too (anyone who watches my posts will know where that is) but they write with a far more positive slant than my compatriots. From an outsider's point of view, VS certainly seems to be a pleasant place to work.
Would I be right in suggesting it's mainly because there is support from your fleet management, minimal internal politics and no-one from other departments constantly trying to get one over on Flight Ops?
Shame he didn't buy the Triple.