Lufthansa , Air France ,Alitalia
LH: Depending on fleet we fly 550-750 block hours a year. (substract 42 days vacation, so that's approx. 10,5 months x 65 hours).
A good long haul dutyplan Airbus 380 / B747 would be 2x Shanghai (24 block hours each) and 1x Los Angeles. 3-4 days each rotation.
That gives us about 20 days off, because contract target (73 hours) is fulfilled. Usually its 3 or 4 rotations a month.
A short haul dutyplan has about 5,5hours a day of flying. Usually 13-17 days work a month. I don't see any magic here?
Don't forget the many nights away in some (good) hotel. And many duty hours due to big airports and connecting pax ( on shorthaul). No point2point ops.
So I do recommend the OP the Ryanair offer (fast track) because it's historic good times and home at night at RYR.