SYB
Agree with a lot of that. Two points though. Point 7 is incorrect as Malaysian, amongst others, credits half the hours on ULR's. At least we get full credit for the operating sector even if it's only half for the augment. As for blocks of days off, that's only ever going to happen when the hours come down. In the current climate, unless you're on the 380, it would be almost impossible to have a block of 5-7 days off every month as the roster would then need to compact the other duties into the remaining month. With ULR flying that's possible but not in bottom bid groups on the 777 with the ever increasing number of shorter flights and night turns. As fatbus says, keep dreaming.
Still, you may be right with number 5!