Flyblue
On our long haul sectors, (for example, to Barbados), we are lucky if we sit down for 10 minutes of the 9 hours it takes to get there - bunks??! - we should be so lucky!
You are dead right about the 'deskflyers', and I agree with you a separate topic is merited. These people come up with the most ludicrous ideas, that are both time-consuming, and almost impossible to achieve: As you state, THEY should try it at 35,000ft
With regards to the rest breaks that all human beings should have, I will not quit on this one - it needs to be addressed properly. I suppose if an accident happened, due to crew exhaustion, something would be done, as per normal.