Re: Willie Walsh's CC plans
We like everyone else are entitled to 20 minutes break per four hours worked.
whattimedoweland could you tell me please, is that UK law? And if so, does it apply to cabin crew? In Holland the law says that people working on the ground are entitled to a meal break on an 8 hour shift, but this includes neither pilots nor FAs. 
As a result, on short hual it is up to the Purser to fight ground staff and resist gentle pressure from the pilots to assure that once a day, the FAs get a chance to sit down for 10 mins and wolf down a hot meal.
Of course with hoovers buzzing everywhere, cleaners running around and a nice freezing draft reviving you because both the back and the front door are open. 
To manage this for your crew, you have to be both diplomatic and not easily intimidated. 