Like 'TE RANGI', I had missed this thread, and the recent article from the IPA about the proposed EU FTLs woke me up to it. From a shorthaul pilot's point of view, the effect they would have on my life would be significant and would, I think, generate a need for larger PREDICTABLE blocks of days off to allow one's 'private life' as 'bijave' puts it to recover.
Throw in the recent decision to allow US Airways to trash its salary scheme and I ask 'What morale'!