Seaman
Mate of my is a B777 F/O with BA, lives in DXB as had a spell at Fly Dubai LHS.
Was on 899 hours (1 short of the max) with his feet up at home. Got called in to do a LHR-CWL 45 min Mx flight.
They also work min base turns, swaps, east - west - east and vv, commute long distances then start to work (I accept to generate blocks of days off which isn't the case at EK)
But it goes to show the World has gone mad and Airlines and Pilots are their own worst enemies a lot of the time.