Even if you do 100 hours per month every month, FTLs will mean you have a few months off
Bear11, that statement makes me think that I didn't make my point well or that you are not a line pilot. Having two months off at the end of the years doesn't help you for the other ten months.
but how are you more efficient when you fly 50 hours a month?
Do you seriously not understand how a pilot can be more eficient when refreshed and enthusiastic than when knackered and just wanting the shift to end?
If you are not a line pilot then you have helped make my point that
It is very obvious to us as airline pilots but that is because we understand what makes up flight safety, those creating the legislation may grasp some basic principals but they don't have an innate understanding of it like we do. We are the canaries in the mine in that we are the first to sense it.