The man talks of "reputational damage" - I think he has managed to damage this all by himself.
There are many suspect practices being actioned under a post pandemic umbrella. I heard from a colleague in his UK airline is that min. rest of 10 hours is becoming common at home basing (with a 12:46 previous duty) by use of hotel instead of sleeping at home base location - legal?. Many airlines I think are looking to use the EASA FTL directive as a bottom line to meet and not as a guidance as I think EASA intended?.