Warlock, I am with you on this one, all the bickering about our crap T&C's and how many hours a Doctor works is just a bit of window dressing. However, the real issue for me, is that we have numerous pilots operating outside the restrictions of the FOM and the CARS, i.e 900 hours over the last 12 months (at the end of any given month).
If you have a look at the SK code on the portal, you will find that quite a few of these guys have exceeded their 900 hours, however when they have asked for evidence of a legal document that gives authority to exceed the 900 hours, they are quietly removed from the roster.
Those that don't complain continue to be believe the verbal commentary by rostering and management that "factoring is OK", its not.
Its really simple no FCI exists that modifies the FOM to allow factoring, why, because all FCI's must go through the GCAA for approval.
So if you were over 900 hours on the 1st of January, have a month off, that's what the regulations say.