As a simple piece of freight I don't have expertise but would be very shocked if even the EU had abandoned scientific analysis of these flight time limit assessments. If you go to the website it is quite easy to find that these people:
1 Dr. Barbara Stone QinetiQ, UK
2 Dr. Karen Robertson QinetiQ, UK
3 Dr. Alexander Gundel DLR, Germany
4 Mr. Martin Vejvoda DLR, Germany
5 Dr. Mick Spencer Human Factor Investigation, UK
6 Prof. Dr. Torbjorn Ackersted Karolinska Institute, Sweden
7 Dr. Ries Simons TNO, The Netherlands
8 Dr. Philipp Cabon University of Paris Descartes, France
9 Prof. Dr. Régis Mollard University of Paris Descartes, France
10 Prof. Dr. Simon Folkard Swansea University, UK
Table 1 The list of the FTL expert Team
See specialities listed here -
MOEBUS aviation Ltd
....who were consulted in the course of compiling this:
Final Report - Scientific and Medical Evaluation of Flight Time Limitations
...accessible here:
http://easa.europa.eu/ws_prod/r/doc/...l%20Report.pdf
So whilst I am keen that the UK doesn't get led down some bureaucratically-driven new and dangerous flight time limit path, I can't see that the proclamations made by some on this forum about there being no scientific basis for the proposed changes quite ring true.
P.S. If you do go to the link have a look at page 19. For any who dismiss CC's role with ill-thought out comparisons in the leisure industry, this should correct your thinking.