I agree with tri.
Adding to the same illogical thinking (It sometimes pays to play golf with strangers and not outing yourself as pilot):
One of the middle management EK morons lately boasted that the 90+ hours per EK pilot are necessary because on average those lazy pilots take about two sick days per month, around 10 hours productivity. The company decided to increase monthly hours to cover for that and get at least 80h out of every pilot. Tit for tat!
Now according this stupid logic, any pilot
not taking those 2 days effectively works overtime for free.
I asked if a similar calculation applied to office workers, he replied that this was not necessary as they worked on regular office hour schedules ........
