I think junior doctors probably do work longer hours in some instances, but to suggest that pilots work short hours simply gets it wrong, and some quick research, on this site alone, around the subject of fatigue, would (should) have left any sensible and fair writer going back to his keyboard.
Still, it's in the newspapers now, so it must be true. We can expect to have to prepare ourselves for comment from non aviation professionals (and some cleaners too, no doubt) who have happened accross this article.