No Tango Uniform not that naive.
However the reasoning is this. New DSVP comes from flight safety. Of all people he should understand that by cramping rosters to get max productivity on months of leave is defeating the whole purpose of leave. What Pixy has not mentioned is that this is has a safety implication also. Leave is there for a reason. Not an excuse to exhaust the pilot immediately before or after.
He should also understand the implications of the large variation in duty hours across fleets and rosters. The ones who do more duty get less rest.
For these reasons the whole system has been bent out of shape to the point of large scale resignation and a reluctance for experienced pilots to apply.
These are the problems he has taken on.
It has been suggested on this forum that the new broom is a good man and he has a background in safety so we should give him a chance before he is condemned as ineffective and simply a messenger and facilitator of the powers above.
So lets see. If he does not even attempt to change the so obviously flawed systems here then we have our answer.