Your probably right, Likeitis, but the point was simply that while Tom decries how EK interpret the GCAA laws, ALL US FTL schemes, even now that they have been tightened up somewhat, are still less restrictive.
There's a lot more to FTL than just total annual hours, and what commuter pilots used and still can be rosetted to do, particularly in terms of duty days and rest periods,would be downright illegal here and in Europe.