No window dressing here, promise!
Things have definitely been watered down in the past couple of years but I can only speak from my experience.
I'm 756 & I run at about 750/year with a fair bit of flexi thrown in, I and a few of my (756) mates are v quiet in Feb, don't know why...
I had one single day off rostered in 2013.
I admit our fleet seems to be having it the easiest at the minute though...